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Civil Service Board OKs hearing on challenge to Miami police lieutenant promotional exam
Summary
The Miami Civil Service Board granted a hearing after two police sergeants alleged the city changed the 2024 lieutenant promotional exam process after candidates had prepared, including removing a test component and limiting how many would advance to the next phase.
The Miami Civil Service Board voted to grant a hearing on a challenge to the City of Miami’s 2024 police lieutenant promotional examination, attorneys and board members said at a board meeting. Attorneys for two sergeants asked the board to investigate whether the city altered the announced exam process after candidates had applied and spent months preparing.
The petitioners’ attorney, Jerry Gutman Valdez, representing Sgt. Raul Delgado and Sgt. Maximiliano Valdez, told the board the candidate preparation materials and the announcement originally described a three-part exam but were revised in April 2025 to remove a situational judgement component and to limit advancement to the next phase to “the top 35 ranked candidates.” Gutman Valdez said the change was unfair to candidates who had been studying for months and described the…
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