Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Martha K. Hirst and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced today that the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is now accepting applications for Police Officer Exam No. 4022, scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 18, 2005. Applicants may request to take the exam on one of three tentatively scheduled alternative exam dates, June 17, 23 and 26, 2005. Applications for the exam must be filed by Friday, April 22, 2005.

Applications are available at all Precincts, Transit Districts, Police Service Areas (located within certain of New York City's Housing Developments), Public Libraries, New York State Department of Labor offices and at the DCAS Applications Center at 18 Washington Street in Manhattan. To find the location of your local Precinct, Transit District or Police Service Area, or to learn how to apply for the test online, call 311 or log on to www.nyc.gov/nypd. There is no filing fee for this exam.

To be eligible to take the Police Officer exam, applicants must be at least 17½ years old by the last day of filing (April 22, 2005), and must not have reached their 35th birthday by the first day of filing (February 2, 2005). Those applicants who have qualifying military service may deduct up to six years from the maximum age requirement.

Additional terms and specific conditions for the examination may be found in the official Notice of Examination which may be accessed at www.nyc.gov/dcas.

For more information call 311 or contact the NYPD's City Resident Recruitment and Retention Unit at 212-RECRUIT.