Chesterfield County Police Department

Police Officer Opportunities - Chesterfield County Police Department

Pride, Service, Professionalism

The Chesterfield County Police Department is a proactive police agency that constantly enhances its services to meet challenges faced by law enforcement in the 21st century. If you are concerned that the police agencies you are considering as your future employer are not prepared for these challenges, look no further. At the Chesterfield County Police Department we understand that you are our future.

The Chesterfield County Police Department is a large police agency that offers a full range of police services to our residents. Chesterfield County is a suburb of Richmond, Virginia that offers quick access to Virginia's beaches, mountains and many of the East Coast's major metropolitan centers including Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, Norfolk, VA and Virginia Beach, VA.

More details to follow on the selection process for our basic academy and our pre-certified officers program.

• Police Positions
  • Job Description
  • Upcoming Test Information
• Interested in Applying?
• Letter to Police Applicant
• Recruiting Announcement
• Employment Benefits
• Certified Law Enforcement Officers
• Written and Physical Agility Test Information (.pdf)

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If Interested in Applying:

See the Human Resource Management employment opportunities listing for more information, at careers.chesterfield.gov .  For additional information, contact HRM at (804) 748-1551.

Chesterfield County only accepts online applications. Visit this site any time 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Scan available positions and then complete an application online. You may even save your application electronically and resubmit it as new positions of interest become available. You also may start an application, save it, and complete it at a later time.

Please e-mail recruiter Elliott Anderson with your questions about career opportunities with the Chesterfield County Police Department or call (804) 748-1547.

Dear Police Applicant:

As chief of police, I welcome your interest in the Chesterfield County Police Department. I am very proud of this department and I am pleased that you have made a decision to pursue a career with us. Should you be selected for one of our police officer positions, you will join one of the most respected and professional police departments in the state of Virginia.

It is important that you read and understand all of the information. I ask you to pay specific attention to the minimum qualifications for the position of police officer. We maintain these standards to ensure that we provide the highest caliber of police officers in our community. This also means that should you be selected, you can always expect to work with fellow police officers who are among the best in the nation.

If you have any questions, please do no hesitate to call the Police Human Resources Division at (804) 748-1547.

I wish you success in your future law enforcement endeavors.

Colonel Thierry G. Dupuis
Chief of Police

Recruiting Announcement

Position: Police Officer

Salary: $38,000 and take home vehicle program

Minimum Basic Qualifications:

• Be a U.S.citizen.
• Be 21 years of age prior to completion of our training academy, have 60 college credit hours or two years law enforcement experience or two years continuous active duty military experience or at least 3 years employment or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Pass a written and physical agility test.
• Possess or be eligible for a Virginia driver's license with no more than eight demerit points in the past three years, or a DUI conviction in the past five years.
• Vision of 20/20 or corrected to 20/20.
• Weight in proportion to height.
• No convictions of felonies and/or serious and habitual misdemeanors.
• No prolonged/recent use of marijuana.
• Pass an extensive background investigation including a polygraph, psychological, medical and drug screening.
• Ability to speak clearly, hear, analyze and react quickly to high stress situations.
• Ability to maintain security, custody and control of combative prisoners.

Applicants will be eliminated for significant omissions or falsifications on any documents prepared in conjunction with the application process.

Although individuals with minimum qualifications may apply, only those with the most suitable job related experience, education and qualifications will be selected. If you have any questions regarding our police officer applicant process, please do not hesitate to call Police Human Resources at (804) 748-1547.

Providing a FIRST CHOICE community through excellence in public service

Attention: Certified Law Enforcement Officers

Chesterfield County is offering an excellent opportunity for you. We currently have openings in our Pre-Certified Academy designed for those individuals who have previously met minimum basic training standards for the position of police officer in the state of Virginia, or another state. Selected officers will participate in an abbreviated four week academy training program followed by a four week field training program. To be eligible, you must:

• Be employed within the last six months in a sworn law enforcement position as a patrol officer, patrol deputy or detective,
• Have at least three years of continuous full-time service with your current or most recent law enforcement agency, and
• Successfully pass all phases of our police officer selection process.

Starting salary determined in accordance to departmental guidelines.

To ensure consideration, complete a Chesterfield County application for employment at careers.chesterfield.gov

If you have any questions, please call Police Human Resources at (804) 748-1547.

COMMITTED TO WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

Upcoming Test Information

Test Location:

Eanes-Pittman Public Safety Training Center
6610 Public Safety Way
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Directions

Test Information:

• A Chesterfield County Application for employment must be submitted prior to testing
• A Government issued Photo ID is required
• Come dressed in appropriate clothing for the physical agility portion of the test

Testing can only be scheduled by the Chesterfield County Police Human Resources Division after an application has been submitted. If you have questions please contact Police Human Resources at (804) 748-1547.