QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR TAKING THE PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION:

This will be a departmental promotion examination limited to current employees of the Village of Cayuga Heights. No later than the final filing date announced, candidates for this examination must currently hold, and have continuously have held, at least three years of permanent or contingent permanent competitive class status in the title of Police Officer with the Village of Cayuga Heights.  

Tompkins County is Committed to Equity and Inclusion. We encourage those with similar values to apply.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPOINTMENT:

No one shall be appointed as a Police Sergeant unless he/she has previously been appointed as a Police Officer from an eligible list established according to merit and fitness as provided by Section Six of Article Five of the constitution of the State of New York or has previously served as a member of the New York State Police (Civil Service Law, Section 58, effective September 1, 1984).

NOTE:  Section 209 (q), Subsection 1-a, of the General Municipal Law must be met before permanent status as a Police Sergeant can be conferred.