2026 Pembroke Police Chief E&E Claim

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Statewide, MA

2026 Pembroke Police Chief Online Experience & Education (E&E) Claim

Examination Title: Police Chief
Promotional Examination Date: May 19, 2026
Deadline for Online E&E Claim Submission: May 26, 2026, at 11:59 pm

This is the online Experience & Education (E&E) claim for the 2026 Pembroke Police Captain Sole Assessment Center with E&E scheduled for May 19, 2026. There is no separate fee for filing this claim. Only eligible candidates who have already submitted an application and payment to participate in the 2026 Pembroke Police Captain Sole Assessment Center with E&E scheduled for May 19, 2026, must complete this online claim.

E&E Examination Weights: E&E is made up of three categories and weighted 46% Experience, 26% Training, 28% Education.

General Instructions: The E&E examination component asks a series of questions about a candidate’s employment, supervisory experience, trainings/certifications, and education. The E&E guide contains instructions and examples on how to fill out the E&E application. Please refer to the Police Promotional E&E Guide for complete instructions and examples of how to fill out the online E&E Claim. The guide is available on the Human Resources Division (HRD) Civil Service website at Deputy Police Chief and Police Chief E&E Claim Preparation Guide.

Preparing & Saving Your Claim: Candidates will be able to log in, complete, and submit your online E&E claim up to the statutory deadline of May 26, 2026. Please be aware that once it is submitted, you will not be able to alter your online E&E Claim. After submission, your online E&E Claim will be saved in your online account, and you will have access to download or print a copy at any time. Written requests for modification of a submitted claim must be emailed to civilservice@mass.gov on or before the deadline date May 26, 2026, and will be added to your record for this examination component.

Please email civilservice@mass.gov for any technical problems before the deadline date.

Supporting Documentation: HRD requires the submission of supporting documentation for all claims submitted in your Online E&E Claim. Please attach electronic copies of this documentation (such as official college transcripts, copies of licenses and certifications, etc.) to the Online E&E Claim or email to civilservice@mass.gov by May 26, 2026, by 11:59 pm.

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Appeal Rights: Once you receive your examination score, you will have 17 calendar days from the emailing of your score to file an appeal of the scoring of your online E&E claim by statute. No new type of credit can be claimed once you submit your online E&E claim.

Claim Audits: After submission of your E&E claim AND during the life of the resulting eligible list, HRD reserves the right to conduct an audit of your E&E claim. Be prepared to provide copies of all supporting documentation submitted as part of this examination component to HRD or the appointing authority upon request.

Note: An explanatory reference guide with point allocations will be made available when exam scores are released.

There is no Benefit Code

01 Eligibility: Departmental Promotional Exams. If you have been approved as eligible to take this exam select YES. If you have not been approved, please exit this application immediately and contact your employing department.

02 25 Years of Service Promotional Preference Points: Upon submission of written proof, 2.0 points will be added to the passing score of qualified individuals who have completed 25 years of service worked as of the date of this examination as a member of a regular police force in Massachusetts, and who have passed an examination for promotional appointment in such force. If you are qualified for both the Veteran's Preference and the Promotional Preference for 25 years of service, please be advised that 2.0 points are the maximum allowable number of points to be added to your passing, overall (general average) examination score, and you should not claim Promotional Preference Points in this question. Do you wish to claim 25 Years of Service Promotional Preference Points?

03 Verifying Experience Claims: Supporting documentation must be provided in the form of a dated letter, signed by the appointing authority or your employer (past or present), identifying the position title, type of job responsibilities, dates (MM/DD/YYYY) of experience, whether the experience was full or part-time and other pertinent information concerning your experience. If the experience was less than full-time, the verification must include the actual time worked, e.g., number of hours per week or the specific number of HOURS worked within a defined time period. All part-time experience applying to each category on the Employment Verification Form or letter from the appointing authority must be totaled by number of HOURS in each category or it will not be credited. Totaling part-time experience in SHIFTS or as number of hours per week will not be credited. Letters of verification must be on original, official letterhead or stationery, with original signature of the appointing authority or their designee an original signature. Supporting documentation may be submitted on-line through the E&E claim application or emailed to civilservice@mass.gov by 11:59pm on May 26, 2026. Applicants must submit work verification from all employers the applicant is claiming experience. (Note: Resumes are not considered acceptable work verification) Outside Experience: Service performed in other departments prior to transferring to the current, specified department, may be claimed only in experience outside your department and be credited only upon having met the criteria. For non-police positions in a private company, public organization, or a non-profit, a signed “outside supervisor” form must be provided. Breaks in Service: HRD will only grant credit for work experience for time spent actually working within a department. Time spent away from actually working will count towards E&E credit for up to 180 consecutive calendar days. HRD will not grant E&E credit for any time spent away from actually working (leaves or absences) in excess of 180 consecutive calendar days. For leaves or absences of more than 180 consecutive calendar days, only the first 180 consecutive calendar days will count towards E&E. No Double Counting: Do not claim work experience that occurred concurrently in more than one category. Any acting, provisional and/or temporary time submitted will be deducted from the next lower rank. Rounding:* Round experience to the nearest year. Round up to the next full year if your experience is 180 days or more beyond the last full year and round down to the previous full year if your experience is less than 180 days beyond the last full year (ex. If candidate X has 1 year and 185 days Police Sergeant experience, round up and select 2 years. If candidate X has 1 year and 160 days Police Sergeant experience, round down and select 1 year.) *For questions that are in month ranges, select the month range that your totaled months of experience falls within. If your total experience falls in between two options, select the nearest month (rounding up if it is 16 or more days beyond the last full month and rounding down if it is less than 16 days beyond the last full month). Crediting "Acting" Service: You may choose to claim any of this experience in the following exam title: Police Chief. Crediting "Provisional", or "Temporary After Certification" Service: You may choose to claim any of this experience in the following exam titles: Police Chief, Deputy Police Chief, Police Captain, Police Lieutenant, Police Sergeant. For all employment calculations, use the written exam date of May 19, 2026. Select "Yes" to indicate you have read and understood these instructions.

04 Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) you have served in the rank of Police Officer in your current department. Do not include time served after your first rank promotion.

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05 Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent Police Sergeant experience you have in your current department as of the date of the written exam.

No Experience
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06 Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent Police Lieutenant experience you have in your current department as of the date of the written exam.

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07 Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent Police Captain experience you have in your current department as of the date of the written exam.

No Experience
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08 Current Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of permanent Deputy Police Chief experience you have in your current department as of the date of the written exam.

No Experience
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09 Current Department Experience: Indicate the amount of experience you have as an acting, provisional and/or temporary after certification Police Chief experience in your current department.

No acting/provisional
1 month up to 2 months
3 months up to 4 months
5 months up to 6 months
7 months up to 8 months
9 months up to 10 months
11 months up to 12 months
13 months up to 18 months
19 months up to 24 months
25 months up to 30 months
31 months up to 36 months
37 months up to 42 months
43 months up to 48 months
49 months up to 54 months
55 months up to 60 months
61 months or more

10 Outside Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) you have served as a Police Officer in a department other than your current department.

No Experience
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11 Outside Department Experience: Indicate how many year(s) you have served in a supervisory rank in a department other than your current department.

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12 Outside Experience: Indicate how many year(s) of supervisory experience you have outside of the police service. This includes military, maritime service and private companies.

No Experience
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13 Specialized Trainings: Select all of the training(s) you have successfully completed, as of May 19, 2026 from the options below.

N/A
FBI - Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS)
FBI - Leadership Fellows Program
FBI - National Academy Training
FBI - National Executive Institute
FBI - Police Executive Fellowship Program
Harvard Kennedy School of Government - Senior Executives in State and Local Government
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) - Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO)
Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) - Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP)
Southern Police Institute - Administrative Officers Course (AOC)
Southern Police Institute - Command Officers Development Course (CODC)

14 Police Departmental Promotional Education Claim Instructions: For all Police Departmental Promotional Exams, HRD will grant E&E points only for whole and conferred degrees from regionally accredited higher education institutions, and not for individual semester hours or degree credits. Semester hours earned in an unfinished degree program or in a non-degree (Certificate) program are not eligible for E&E credit. Only one degree can be claimed, claim your highest ranked degree for maximum credit. If you have multiple conferred degrees and have applied the same course credits from one degree to another, HRD will grant you full E&E points for one degree. HRD only recognizes degrees granted by: a) regionally accredited higher education institutions in the United States; or, b) institutions outside the United States granting degrees that are recognized by one of the United States regional accrediting agencies or that are transferable to a regionally accredited higher education institution in the United States. Please note that specializations/concentrations are NOT Majors, and will not be credited as such. Verifying Education Claims: Applicants must submit either official transcript(s) from all institutions for which they are requesting credit OR unofficial transcript(s) AND diploma(s). Official transcripts must indicate that the degree was in fact conferred, the major/field in which the degree was conferred and the conferral date. During the HRD review process or during the life of the resulting eligible list(s) applicants must make original supporting documentation available should the issue of authenticity arise with the submitted copies. Select "Yes" to indicate that you have read and understood these instructions.

15 Education: As of May 19, 2026, if you have a related and/or unrelated conferred degree(s) from a regionally accredited college or university, choose the highest-ranked degree you have obtained*. Below is a list of related degree fields. Related Degree Fields: business, business administration, business management, communications, computer science, counseling, criminal justice, criminal law, criminology, education, forensics, human services, homeland security, information technology, law, law enforcement, legal studies, management, organizational development, psychology, public administration, social work, sociology. *Note: the degrees below are listed in order of highest-ranked (Related Master's or higher Degree) to lowest-ranked (Unrelated Associate's Degree).

Related Master's or higher Degree
Related Bachelor's Degree
Related Associate's Degree
Unrelated Master's or higher Degree
Unrelated Bachelor's Degree
Unrelated Associate's Degree
No degree

16 Education: As of May 19, 2026, have you completed a graduate certificate in one of the following areas? Areas: Business Administration, Business Management, Human Resources, Leadership, Management Essentials, Management Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Public Administration, Public Management, State and Local Government, Strategic Management in Criminal Justice.

17 Education: If you have completed a graduate certificate in a related field please indicate if the course work you completed was also counted towards the completion of another degree. For candidate's who have completed a graduate certificate, credit will only be awarded for graduate certificates that are not applied towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree.