Every NYPD Police Officer exam date through June 2027
New York City Police Department / DCAS · Exam No. 7311–7322 · facts last checked October 3, 2026
Most civil-service exams run once every few years, and missing the filing period costs a hiring cycle. This one does not work that way, and the difference changes how you should plan.
A single Notice of Examination covers twelve exam numbers — 7311 through 7322 — and inside its overall application window each number has its own two-week filing period and its own testing week. The table further down is that schedule, with the dates read off the notice and the wording of each row read off today's date.
The schedule as the notice prints it
All twelve rows are below, in the notice's own order, and every word of their wording is read against today's date rather than written down once — which is what this section used to be, and what made it wrong from September onwards.
Two things about the shape are worth reading off it. A new filing period opens on the first business day of each month, and a number's testing week begins two to three weeks after its own filing period closes — so on most days of the year the number being tested is not the number you can still apply for.
The application fee is $0.00 for every one of them. The notice instructs applicants to select "No Fee" as the payment method.
All 12 exam numbers on the one notice, filing 1 July 2026 – 14 June 2027. Every row below is read against today’s date — the notice is the authority, and it is linked at the foot of this page.
- 7311Files 1 – 14 July 2026Tests 3 – 8 August 2026Finished
- 7312Files 3 – 17 August 2026Tests 1 – 4 September 2026Finished
- 7313Files 1 – 14 September 2026Tests 5 – 9 October 2026Finished
- 7314Files 1 – 14 October 2026Tests 2 – 7 November 2026Filing closed
- 7315Files 2 – 16 November 2026Tests 1 – 5 December 2026Not open yet
- 7316Files 1 – 14 December 2026Tests 4 – 9 January 2027Not open yet
- 7317Files 4 – 19 January 2027Tests 1 – 6 February 2027Not open yet
- 7318Files 1 – 16 February 2027Tests 1 – 6 March 2027Not open yet
- 7319Files 1 – 15 March 2027Tests 5 – 10 April 2027Not open yet
- 7320Files 1 – 14 April 2027Tests 3 – 8 May 2027Not open yet
- 7321Files 3 – 17 May 2027Tests 1 – 5 June 2027Not open yet
- 7322Files 1 – 14 June 2027Tests 6 – 9 July 2027Not open yet
What a missed window costs
Four weeks. That is the entire penalty for not filing this month, and it is the single most useful fact on this page. A candidate who is not ready in September can file in October against the same notice, the same requirements and the same nine abilities.
Compare that with the other exams covered here. School Safety Agent and Traffic Enforcement Agent run roughly quarterly, so a missed window costs a season. The New York State Court Officer exam opened for filing in April and May 2026 and will not open again for years.
Why that argues for preparing first and filing second
On an exam that runs once, filing immediately is obviously right — you cannot prepare your way into a window that has closed. On this one the calculation reverses. Your score sets your list number, the list number decides when you are reached, and there is another number along in four weeks.
That is not an argument for indefinite delay. Lists established earlier are worked earlier, and the age ceiling is measured on the date you file, so waiting has a real cost for anyone about to turn 43. It is an argument for filing for the number you can actually be ready for.
What the dates do not tell you
The notice gives testing periods rather than individual appointments. Candidates are scheduled within the stated week, and the notice does not publish how that scheduling is allocated.
Nor does it state when an eligible list from a given exam number will be established. The list duration is the usual four-year ceiling under New York Civil Service Law section 56, but the establishment date is not something the notice fixes in advance.
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Questions candidates ask
When is the next NYPD police officer exam?
There is one every month. The notice prints twelve exam numbers with twelve filing periods and twelve testing weeks, and the table on this page marks which one is open for filing today — a question whose answer changes on the first business day of each month, which is why it is derived here rather than written out.
How often does the NYPD exam run?
Twelve times a year under the current notice — one exam number per month, from 7311 in July 2026 to 7322 in June 2027.
Is there a fee for the NYPD exam?
No. The application fee is $0.00 for every exam number from 7311 through 7322, and the notice instructs applicants to select "No Fee" as the payment method.
What happens if I miss a filing period?
You file for the next number four weeks later. The requirements, the abilities and the notice are the same, so nothing is lost but time — with the caveat that the age ceiling is measured on the date you file, so a birthday between numbers can close the later one to you.
Can I apply for more than one exam number?
The notice publishes twelve separate exam numbers with separate filing periods. Whether a candidate may hold results from more than one is not something the notice states, so it is a question for DCAS rather than for this page.
When will the eligible list be established?
The notice does not fix a date. New York Civil Service Law section 56 sets the outer bound on how long a list runs — not less than one year and not more than four — but establishment timing is not published in advance.
Where these facts come from
Every figure on this page comes from the documents below, each with the date we last opened it. Where a notice is the authority, it wins over anything written here.
- DCAS Notice of Examination — Police Officer, Exam Nos. 7311–7322 (PDF)
Checked October 3, 2026.
- DCAS — Take an Exam (official filing schedule)
Checked August 2, 2026.
- New York Civil Service Law § 61 — selection from an eligible list
Checked August 2, 2026.
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