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Board rejects group of Dallas sergeants' bid to change timing for promotional exam eligibility

Dallas Civil Service Board · November 4, 2025
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The Dallas Civil Service Board denied a set of grievances Nov. 4 from multiple Dallas Police Department sergeants who argued eligibility for the lieutenant promotional examination should be measured from the end of the full exam rather than the written-administration date.

The Dallas Civil Service Board on Nov. 4 denied a group grievance from multiple sergeants challenging how the Civil Service Department calculated eligibility for the lieutenant promotional exercise.

Five sergeants (Omar Figueroa and others) asked the board to interpret Rule 4.3(b) so that candidates who would reach a rank's five-year service requirement within six months of the assessment center (the exam's second component) could be allowed to compete.…

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