IMPORTANT POLICE HIRING
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Memphis Police
Department is now handling
all hiring for the MPD.
Applications can be picked
up at any police precinct,
the MPD Training Academy
Effective
Thursday, September 2, 2010, the college
requirement for
police recruit candidates has been
reinstated.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
54 Semester Hours at an Accredited College or University
or Two years of continuous Military Service with an
honorable discharge or
Three years of continuous employment as a POST certified law
enforcement officer at a police department with a minimum of
20 officers
Click here to
download an application -
MPD Police Officer Application
Hiring News:
Military Personnel - Check out the
VA approved
"Kicker Program"
The Memphis Police Department is approved by the Department
of Veterans Affairs as an official on-the-job training
program site where individuals who have been hired as police
recruits and are eligible for educational benefits from the
VA, such as the Montgomery G.I. Bill, can use their benefits
for the time frame that they attend the Memphis Police
Academy as well as the 12-month probationary period that
they are on probation after graduation.
The Memphis Police
Department accepts applications for the positions of
Full-Time
and Reserve Officers when the hiring process is open.
Click
HERE To Apply Online!
Lateral
Transfers Welcomed!
For Information on our
Lateral Program contact a recruiter.
All interested
candidates may pick up an application packet
at the Memphis Police Department Training Academy
located at 4371 O.K. Robertson Rd.
Please Note:
All applicants
are required to obtain, live, and
maintain legal residency
within the boundaries of Shelby
County within six (6) months of
their effective date of hire.
For more information
call
the Recruiting Office at 901-636-1758 or 901-636-1759
or email our Recruiter:
Officer Blake or Sgt. Foster
If you live 80 or more miles from
Memphis download the MPD's
MPD Police Officer Application
Click
HERE To Apply Online!
For additional
Job Postings
please
visit the
City of Memphis Web site.
A career in
law enforcement can be an exciting, rewarding experience for
those who can meet the challenge.
We are currently seeking
intelligent individuals of unquestionable integrity, who
want challenges not complacency, who can be brave and
strong, yet compassionate and gentle.
We are looking for
individuals who want peace and are willing to work to help
keep it and for those individuals who have the ability to
lead and the wisdom to follow.
Our standards are the
highest.
Our officers are the finest.
If you feel you possess the
minimum requirements and have the maximum desire to serve
your community then a career in law enforcement may be the
right career for you.
