Police Promotional Exam to Rely More On Oral Exercises Than Written Test

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A state arbitration panel has sided with the city in a debate over a police promotional exam that has been delayed for a year after a dispute on how it should be graded.

In a recently released decision, the three-person panel ruled for the city, which wanted the oral section of the exam to count for 60 percent of the total. The union had wanted the oral and written sections to be weighted equally.

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Police Promotional Exam to Rely More On Oral Exercises Than Written Test

"I think that this is a win for the city, showing that the arbitrators believe that the city had a legitimate concern regarding Title VII," said city Labor Relations Emmet P. Hibson Jr. "We're h...

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