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If you have been arrested you must check that your arrest appears on your APD5. Frequently, candidates give the excuse that “someone told me my arrest record was sealed”. This is not an excuse, and it will not work. If you have been arrested, you must disclose
The best advice you can receive if you want to be a NYPD officer is to get your Certificates of Disposition for any arrests or summonses you may have received, and your Lifetime Abstract from New York State Department of Motor Vehicles before you complete your Applicant Processing forms.
If you guess about any arrests,
Disqualified NYPD Police Officer candidates who receive a letter called a “Notice of Proposed Disqualification” (NOPD) and who were disqualified based on psychological issues must file an appeal within 30 days! Failure to file a NOPD appeal and designate an expert to receive your file and prepare a rebuttal appeal report will result in
Candidates contact me all the time, and email me their NYPD Psychological Notice of Disqualification (NOD). When I ask them to search for pss@nypd.org in their email inbox they say they received a NYPD Psychological Review Notice of Proposed Disqualification two or three months prior. This creates a problem because during processing you agreed that
If you receive a NYPD NOPD psychological disqualification please call (516) 248-0040 or email kevin@sheerinlaw.com to schedule a free in office consultation. Due to Covid-19 and social distancing we are also offering ZOOM consultations.
Kevin has been helping disqualified candidates appeal their NYPD psychological or character disqualifications for more than 18 years.
He offers many
When you receive a civil service job disqualification such as a NYPD Psychological Disqualification or a FDNY Medical Disqualification it is crucial that you meet with a civil service law attorney to discuss your case.
An attorney who is knowledgeable in the area will be able to explain to you the three steps to
NYPD Disqualification Appeals:
The NYPD continues to send out NOPDs during Covid. If you receive a NOPD disqualification please feel free to contact me and we can discuss the facts of your case via ZOOM during this COVID-19 social distancing period. Please stay safe.
If you have any questions about your disqualification and would like
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Matter of the Ridge Road Fire District v Michael P. Schiano, as Hearing Officer
In this Article 78 case, Kevin Nowak applied for benefits after experiencing back pain while operating a vehicle in response to a fire alarm in November 2002. Following this incident, Nowak applied for disability benefits and was denied. He then had
Matter of Paul Mazzotte v Thomas DiNapoli, as State Comptroller
Petitioner was a correction officer for over 20 years. In 2001, he applied for performance of duty disability retirement benefits alleging he was permanently disabled by coronary artery disease (CAD) after having coronary artery bypass surgery. According to petitioner, the disease was caused by the