PTS Courses

"By taking the P.T.S. promotional courses, I moved through the ranks and scored a 99% on my Chief's exam.
The only way to prepare is with P.T.S.!"
- Chief Willam Hayes, Town of Bedford, NY Police Department.

Entrance

2025 - Law Enforcement (Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff) Entrance

Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff (Law Enforcement) Entrance Examination Course

The P.T.S. Law Enforcement (Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff) Entrance Examination Course includes Techniques for Answering Civil Service Examination Questions and Practice Questions with Answers and Lectures covering:

  • SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT
  • LANGUAGE FLUENCY
  • INFORMATION ORDERING & LANGUAGE SEQUENCING
  • PROBLEM SENSITIVITY & REASONING
  • SELECTIVE ATTENTION
  • VISUALIZATION
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION

AVAILABLE NOW - This statewide law enforcement (local County, City, Town, and Village Departments and N.Y.S. Park and University Police Departments) entrance course has been developed from the “official” exam announcement to ensure that the P.T.S. Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff Entrance Examination Course will be on target!  This is a three (3) session (asynchronus) online course with more than a hundred practice questions and more than three (3) hours of audio instruction.  This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the 2025 state-wide law enforcement entrance examinations.  As always, P.T.S. students will be at the top of the list!

Available Cram Sessions

VIDEO RECORDINGS

of the

“On-Target” five (5) hour Zoom Cram Course held on April 13, 2025,

to prepare candidates for the upcoming 

POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

(Scheduled for May 3 or 4, 2025)

 

UPON REGISTRATION YOU RECIEVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO RECORDINGS AND

THE COURSE WRITTEN MATERIALS WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU VIA COURIER (FEDEX)

 

Course instruction and materials include: 

 

TECHNIQUES, REASONING & SKILLS EXERCISES, SUPER MINI-QUIZZER

- and -

SUBJECT MATTER AREA BREAKDOWNS & HUNDREDS OF PRACTICE QUESTIONS

that comprehensively cover the

STATE-WIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTRANCE WRITTEN TEST

designed to evaluate your knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

 

SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT

LANGUAGE FLUENCY

INFORMATION ORDERING & LANGUAGE SEQUENCING

PROBLEM SENSITIVITY & REASONING

SELECTIVE ATTENTION

VISUALIZATION

SPATIAL ORIENTATION

 

The recording of this Live Online Zoom Cram Course will be made available to all registered students.

  

Cram Course Tuition: $225

 

VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE APRIL 13, 2025 ONLINE ZOOM CRAM COURSE WITH FEDEX DELIVERY OF THE COURSE WRITTEN MATERIALS TO PREPARE CANDIDATES FOR THEIR UPCOMING (MAY 3RD OR MAY 4TH) LAW ENFORCEMENT (POLICE OFFICER / DEPUTY SHERIFF) ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

Entrance

2025 - NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE

N.Y.P.D. Police Officer Entrance Examination Course

The P.T.S. N.Y.P.D. Police Officer Entrance Examination Online Course includes an Introductory Session with written and physical agility examination information, the P.T.S. Techniques for Answering Civil Service Examination Questions, and attendant audio presentations.  This four (4) session course contains subject matter breakdowns and techniques, numerous practice questions and explained answers, and audio lectures covering:

  • DEDUCTIVE REASONING
  • INDUCTIVE REASONING
  • INFORMATION ORDERING
  • MEMORIZATION
  • PROBLEM SENSITIVITY
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION
  • VISUALIZATION
  • WRITTEN COMPREHENSION
  • WRITTEN EXPRESSION

AVAILABLE NOW - This N.Y.P.D. Police Officer online entrance examination preparation course has been developed from the “official” exam announcement to ensure that this course will be on target!  This is an asynchronus (complete at your own pace) online course with techniques, practice questions, and audio instruction for each of the examination's subject matter areas. This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the administration of the 2025 N.Y.P.D. Police Officer entrance examinations.  As always, P.T.S. students will be at the top of the list!

Entrance

2025 - CITY OF MILDDLETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION PREP COURSES

CLOSED-OUT

Entrance

2025 - VILLAGE OF OSSINING POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION PREP COURSES

CLOSED-OUT

Entrance

2025 - CITY OF ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION PREP COURSES

THIS CITY OF ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED PROGRAM APPLIES ONLY TO ENTRANCE CANDIDATES REGISTERED TO TAKE THE CITY OF ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER EXAM BEING HELD ON MAY 3, 2025. 

FRAUDULENT ENROLLMENT IN THIS CITY OF ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED PROGRAM WILL BE REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND CIVIL SERVICE AUTHORITIES.

Enrollment in this City of Albany Police Department sponsored program will include access to the P.T.S. Law Enforcement (Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff) Entrance Examination Online Course, which includes Techniques for Answering Civil Service Examination Questions and Practice Questions with Answers and Lectures covering:

  • SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT
  • LANGUAGE FLUENCY
  • INFORMATION ORDERING & LANGUAGE SEQUENCING
  • PROBLEM SENSITIVITY & REASONING
  • SELECTIVE ATTENTION
  • VISUALIZATION
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION

This is a four (4) session (asynchronus) online course with more than a hundred practice questions and more than four (4) hours of audio instruction.  

Enrollment in this City of Albany Police Department sponsored program will also include access to the five (5) hours of video recordings of the Zoom Cram Course that was held on April 13, 2025, as well as delivery of the Cram Course written materials via FedEx.

Sergeant

2025 - SERGEANT / FIRST-LINE SUPERVISOR / CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR

Sergeant/First-Line Supervisor/Investigator Promotional Examination Course

The P.T.S. Sergeant/First-Line Supervisor/Investigator Course includes the P.T.S. Digests, Practice Questions with Answers and Audio Lectures covering:

  • SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL
    Iannone’s Seventh, Eighth & Ninth Editions (and other authoritative sources)
  • NEW YORK CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAWS & STATUTES
    Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle & Traffic Law and
    New York State Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court Decisions
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES
    New York State Manual for Police (and modern criminalistics and tactical sources)
  • READING COMPREHENSION
    Paragraph Rearrangement, Sentence Coherence, Reasoning, Judgment and
    Interpretive Preparation of Written Materials in a Police Setting

AVAILABLE NOW! - This 15 session course is designed to prepare Police Officers, Detectives and Investigators for their upcoming First-Line Supervisor and/or Criminal Investigator Examinations. This course will contain written materials, practice questions and audio instruction in all of the subject matter areas that will appear on the Sergeant and Criminal Investigator Examinations. This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the date of the May/June 2025 Sergeant/First-Line Supervisor/Investigator Examinations.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!

Available Cram Sessions

P.T.S. Announces Our “On-Target” One-Day Live

CRAM COURSE SESSIONS

for the upcoming

SERGEANT / FIRST-LINE SUPERVISOR / INVESTIGATOR EXAMINATIONS 

(Exams Scheduled for June 14, 2025)

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH

American Legion Post

4 Everett Road Extension

Albany, New York 12205

(ALBANY COUNTY)

CLASS TIMES: 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM - DOORS OPEN AT: 9:00 AM

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THURSDAY, MAY 29TH

Irish American Center

297 Willis Avenue  

Mineola, N.Y. 11501

(NASSAU COUNTY)

CLASS TIMES: 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM - DOORS OPEN AT: 9:00 AM

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FRIDAY, MAY 30TH

Pace University Haub Law School

78 North Broadway

White Plains, New York 10603

(WESTCHESTER COUNTY)

CLASS TIMES: 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM - DOORS OPEN AT: 9:00 AM

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SATURDAY, MAY 31ST 

 

VIA ZOOM

 

LIVE ZOOM CLASS TIMES: 12 NOON TO 6:00 PM 

 

 Course material will be delivered VIA OVERNIGHT COURIER (FEDEX) in advance of the Live Online Zoom.

Only one live session should be attended and the recordings of this Zoom will be made available to ALL CRAM COURSE students.

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Our CRAM COURSE materials will include BREAKDOWNS, CHARTS, EXERCISES, and THE P.T.S. POINTS TO REMEMBER!

 

SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL

 

STATUTORY AND CASE LAW
Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle and Traffic Law, Ancillary Statutes and U.S. Supreme Court and N.Y. Court of Appeals Decisions

LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES 


READING INTERPRETATION


EVALUATING INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE



Cram Course Tuition:
$150 FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FULL ONLINE 15-SESSION COURSE.

(P.T.S. online course students must be logged into their account to receive the reduced pricing.)
$350 FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ENROLLED IN THE 15-SESSION COURSE.

 

* Police Training Specialists since 1968 *

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Sergeant/Investigator Cram Course Session - (ALBANY COUNTY) American Legion Post - 4 Everett Road Extension Albany NY 12205

THURSDAY, MAY 29TH - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Sergeant/Investigator Cram Course Session - (NASSAU COUNTY) Irish American Center 297 Willis Avenue Mineola NY 11501

FRIDAY MAY 30TH - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Sergeant/Investigator Cram Course Session - (WESTCHESTER COUNTY) Pace University Haub Law School 78 North Broadway White Plains NY 10603

Sat, May 31, 2025 12:00 PM - SATURDAY MAY 31ST - 12 Noon to 6 p.m. - Sergeant/Investigator Cram Course Session - LIVE ZOOM CRAM COURSE

Lieutenant & Captain

2025 - LIEUTENANT & CAPTAIN / SECOND & THIRD-LINE SUPERVISOR

Lieutenant & Captain /Second & Third-Line Promotional Examination Course

The P.T.S. Lieutenant & Captain/Second & Third-Line Course includes the P.T.S. Digests, Practice Questions with Answers and Audio Lectures covering:

• SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL 
Iannone’s Seventh, Eighth & Ninth Editions (and other authoritative sources)
• NEW YORK CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAWS & STATUTES 
Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle & Traffic Law and
New York State Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court Decisions
• LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES
New York State Manual for Police (and modern criminalistics and tactical sources)
• READING COMPREHENSION
Paragraph Rearrangement, Sentence Coherence, Reasoning, Judgment and
Interpretive Preparation of Written Materials in a Police Setting
• ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE SUPERVISON
• POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Available June, 2025 - This 9 session course is designed to prepare candidates for the difficult and advanced questions that will appear on the Second & Third-Line Supervisor Examination. This course contains written materials, practice questions and audio instruction covering the subject matter areas that will appear on the advanced promotional examinations. This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the date of the Fall 2025 Lieutenant & Captain / Second & Third-Line Supervisor Promotional Examinations.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!

Chief

2025 - POLICE CHIEF & ASSISTANT CHIEF

Police Chief/Assistant Chief Promotional Examination Course

The P.T.S. Police Chief/Assistant Chief Course includes the P.T.S. Digests, Practice Questions with Answers and Audio Lectures covering:

• SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL
Iannone's Supervision of Police Personnel (and other authoritative sources)
• NEW YORK CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAWS & STATUTES
Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle & Traffic Law and
New York State Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court Decisions
• LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES
New York State Manual for Police (and modern criminalistics and tactical sources)
• READING COMPREHENSION
Paragraph Rearrangement, Sentence Coherence, Reasoning, Judgment and
Interpretive Preparation of Written Materials in a Police Setting
• ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE SUPERVISION & ADMINISTRATION
Executive level processes and methods 
• JOB SIMULATION EXERCISES IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION AND COMMAND
In-Basket and Situational Decision Making Exercises

CLOSED OUT - This online course for the March, 2025 Police Chief/Assistant Chief Promotional Examination will contain the materials and audio instruction from the online 2024 Lieutenant & Captain/Second & Third-Line Course together with materials and instruction specific to the Police Administration, Administrative Police Supervision and Job Simulation Exercises In Police Administration and Command questions, which are unique to the Police Chief/Assistant Chief Promotional Examinations.  This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the date of the 2025 Police Chief & Assistant Chief examinations.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!