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...State Superior Court ruled last Wednesday that the 20 officers who passed the exam may not hire an attorney to defend their promotions. The court ruled that the 20 officers are already protected by the city's counsel...
Although the exam was not designed to produce failing grades, the officers say Cambridge used it to weed out applicants by rushing them through the exam and by carefully adjusting the 35 candidates' grades so that only 20 would pass...
...ruling blocks the city from making police promotions until a hearing resolves the question of whether the exam used to select candidates in 1985 was fairly administered. Fifteen officers who failed that test are suing the city and the state Department of Personnel, charging that the Cambridge Police Department manipulated their grades so that exactly 20 officers would qualify to become sergeants...
...exam in question, candidates were asked how they would respond to a problem on the job--for example, a series of housebreaks in a particular area. "Everyone there was a nervous wreck," Dottin said, mentioning time pressure, the presence of out-of-town examiners, and ambiguously worded questions. The officers were graded on their answers' similarity to a prepared list of solutions...
...exam was administered unfairly--it was arbitrary and too subjective," said Richard Gardner, a spokesman for the 15 plaintiffs...