Hello,
I have some questions regarding becoming hired in Wyoming. According to the WY POST, it sets and maintains standards for law enforcement personnel, i.e. police officers & deputies, dispatchers, and correctional officers (county and state).
My questions are as follows.
Does one have to attend a police academy first prior to being hired? Or does one apply, test, interview, and be offered a position as a peace officer with an agency, and then they send that newly hired person to a police academy.
Reason for asking is I have an Associates in Applied Science degree in Law Enforcement from a college here in Minnesota which encompasses both the academic and technical portions with it. Academic being how to write reports correctly, learning Constitutional Law (AZ v. Miranda etc.) , Juvenile Law, History of Law Enforcement (Sir Robert Peel). The technical portions being defensive tactics, firearms, batons, chemical agents, taser, and handcuffing.
I have spoke to a city police department, they did say that I would most likely qualify with an enhanced hiring wage concerning I have previous experience (4 years as a Police Reserve Officer), but they could not give an exact percentage of what the hiring increase would be, not that it matters, I just want to be a peace officer.
If these questions sounds strange, there is a reason for them. In Minnesota, before you can even apply to become a police officer, you must have an Eligibility Letter issued to from the POST Board. To get that letter, you must past the state’s mandated POST Test.
To take the POST test, you either have to complete a minimum of 2 years of college, majoring in criminal justice, law enforcement, or police science and have graduated from the learning institution (all on your own dime), or pass the reciprocity test, in which you already are a peace officer from another state or in the military.
Thank you for any assistance.
I have some questions regarding becoming hired in Wyoming. According to the WY POST, it sets and maintains standards for law enforcement personnel, i.e. police officers & deputies, dispatchers, and correctional officers (county and state).
My questions are as follows.
Does one have to attend a police academy first prior to being hired? Or does one apply, test, interview, and be offered a position as a peace officer with an agency, and then they send that newly hired person to a police academy.
Reason for asking is I have an Associates in Applied Science degree in Law Enforcement from a college here in Minnesota which encompasses both the academic and technical portions with it. Academic being how to write reports correctly, learning Constitutional Law (AZ v. Miranda etc.) , Juvenile Law, History of Law Enforcement (Sir Robert Peel). The technical portions being defensive tactics, firearms, batons, chemical agents, taser, and handcuffing.
I have spoke to a city police department, they did say that I would most likely qualify with an enhanced hiring wage concerning I have previous experience (4 years as a Police Reserve Officer), but they could not give an exact percentage of what the hiring increase would be, not that it matters, I just want to be a peace officer.
If these questions sounds strange, there is a reason for them. In Minnesota, before you can even apply to become a police officer, you must have an Eligibility Letter issued to from the POST Board. To get that letter, you must past the state’s mandated POST Test.
To take the POST test, you either have to complete a minimum of 2 years of college, majoring in criminal justice, law enforcement, or police science and have graduated from the learning institution (all on your own dime), or pass the reciprocity test, in which you already are a peace officer from another state or in the military.
Thank you for any assistance.
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