What is on
the NYC Environmental Police Officer exam?

The abilities of a school post, the setting of a reservoir

Environmental Police Officer is tested on the same nine abilities as School Safety Agent. What differs is every example. Our practice exam is 110 questions in 142 minutes, with twelve questions in most sections.

Environmental police officers are sworn officers of the Department of Environmental Protection. They patrol the reservoirs and watershed that supply the city's water, which is why a map question here shows a facility site rather than a corridor, and Problem Sensitivity asks you to see a change at a water site before it becomes a breach. Memorization uses descriptions from a watch bulletin. Visualization shows an object that has been altered and asks what it looked like before.

A police job inside a city agency

The notice treats this as police work. Officers must meet the requirements for Police Officer status throughout their employment, pass the Police Academy during a 24-month probationary period, qualify with firearms, pass a qualifying physical test and drug screening, and hold a New York driver license by appointment. You may sit the test at sixteen and must be twenty to be appointed. Calculators are not allowed in the test room.

What the test does not assume

None of the questions require environmental conservation law or a knowledge of the watershed's geography. Each states the rule or shows the map it needs.

The nine abilities are listed in notices 6304 and 6305. The question count and the 142 minutes are not; DCAS publishes neither, and we set them.

From the notice

Notice 6304, 6305 lists a minimum salary of $52,333, an application fee of $68.00, a passing mark of 70%.

Environmental Police Officer is a state-facing job inside a city agency, which is why the salary sits above the other entry titles and the medical and physical standards are heavier.