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Free "Booster" Study Sessions: As an extra bonus to the CCS Test Prep students who are preparing for their upcoming entry-level law enforcement examination, I have scheduled 20 separate 3-hour special study sessions for those students who have completed the CCS two-day or three-evening paid program. Having successfully completed more than 12 separate course offerings since August, I am now transitioning to dedicating my time to the free booster sessions to ensure my students achieve maximum success. These booster sessions are not part of the paid program, as they are an extra bonus I am providing for my students. Returning students will have the opportunity to sit for a 300 item Trait Assessment and a 125 item Biodata assessment which will be Scantron scored. The assessment will be scored through my proprietary software with an individualized scoring report being generated for each student (as was done in the full class). Each [...]

CCS Test Prep Announcement (Thursday, July 28, 2016) - Congratulations to CCS Senior Instructor Troy Oswald on being sworn in as Deputy Chief in the City of Paterson Police Department. Deputy Chief Oswald and I have been teaching together for over ten years going back to our days with Holtz Learning Centers. He has distinguished himself in every aspect of his professional law enforcement career and has clearly established himself as one of the top instructors in the State of New Jersey. Achieving a perfect score on the Deputy Chief's exam is just one of the many accomplishments throughout his career. I am so proud of Troy and look forward to this upcoming entry-level training cycle with our fist class beginning on Sunday, August 21, in Totowa. Congrats!

The following article is published in the June 2016 Edition of the NJCOPS Magazine:   Residency Requirements and NJ Entry-Level Testing by Dr. David A. Paprota, Ed.D. The New Jersey Civil Service Commission (NJCSC) will announce the 2016 Law Enforcement Examination (LEE) through their website on July 1, 2016. The announcement will establish an online application process available for those who aspire to become a municipal police officer, county police officer, sheriff’s officer, county correction officer, or any one of five other titled law enforcement positions. The closing date for applications is set as August 31, 2016. For those who intend to register for the upcoming LEE exam, there are some common yet critical errors in filing the application that may have long-lasting implications if not handled properly prior to and after the closing date of the exam announcement. In the State of New Jersey, nearly all municipalities regulated by the [...]

LEE UPDATE - After a long period of assessing potential vendors to write the upcoming 2016 New Jersey Law Enforcement Examination (LEE), the State of New Jersey has again awarded the contract to EB Jacobs, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania. This means that the New Jersey Civil Service Commission (NJCSC) will continue utilizing the Law Enforcement Aptitude Battery (LEAB) which has become so popular nationally for law enforcement entry-level testing. This three-factor psychometric assessment has proven to be the most comprehensive, valid, and reliable law enforcement examination currently available. The NJCSC has used the EB Jacobs LEAB for the previous two administration cycles (2010 & 2013) of the LEE. Likewise, it is the same examination utilized for the separate administrations of the New Jersey State Correction Officer Recruit Examination (2013 & 2015). The State of New Jersey does require that the vendor write three separate and new versions of the exam for administration each testing [...]

The Critical Concepts & Strategies (CCS) 2015 NJ State Correction Officer Recruit Exam Preparation Seminar brochure is available at www.ccstest.com or by clicking this link: CCS NJ State Correction Officer Recruit Exam Preparation Seminar brochure. If you know someone interested in becoming a New Jersey State Correction Officer Recruit, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission (NJCSC) is accepting applications online with a closing date for applications now extended to January 29, 2015. For the most advanced and effective preparation for this exam, which is known as the Law Enforcement Aptitude Battery (LEAB), please forward a copy of the Critical Concepts & Strategies brochure to anyone interested in reaching their fullest potential.

If all goes as expected, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission (NJCSC) Law Enforcement Examination (LEE) results will be released on Thursday, May 1, 2014. The long awaited results will provide each candidate with his or her score on the examination, but the ranking on an individual hiring agency list will not be known until the respective hiring agency requests a certified list from the NJCSC. Good luck to all!