Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Block 1 Practice Test

Understanding personnel status in MPD means recognizing that retirement ends active duty. A Senior Police Officer who is a member but is retired is categorized as a retired officer because retirement defines their current status—they are no longer on patrol or performing sworn duties. Active officers are still serving and performing duties; civilians are non-sworn staff; explorers are youth program participants and not sworn officers. So, even with the title of Senior Police Officer, being retired makes the correct label “retired officer.”