Consider any pending Police Deputy Assistant Chief Promotional Examination appeals from the examination conducted on December 22, 2025

Captain Hellman argued that exam question 51 (conspiracy) and question 57 (disorderly conduct) lacked essential statutory elements and were ambiguous, supporting answers that no offense occurred or that liability could not be extended.

Captain McCauley defended the original scoring on both disputed questions, arguing that the scenarios correctly applied penal code elements regarding conspiracy and disorderly conduct.

Participating remotely from FBI training in Virginia, Captain Trustee supported the appeals to invalidate or change the disputed exam questions.

Captain Stokes argued that the test questions were well-constructed and that examinees must evaluate scenarios based strictly on provided text rather than reading outside exceptions into them.

Captain Shabani defended the keyed answers, explaining how the statutory definitions applied to the exam scenarios.

Officer Atkins argued that question 57 was poorly designed and ambiguous because the term 'argument' lacked descriptive adjectives.