Interested in a police career?

The Enfield Police Department

invites applications for the position of

Police Officer

No prior experience required - excellent training program –

starting salary: 37,960

The Enfield Police Department is seeking applicants interested in a police career.  No prior experience is required and applicants who are hired will go through an extensive training program.  Applicants must pass the following:

·    A physical fitness assessment to determine your strength, agility and general physical fitness.

·    A written test to assess your ability to learn new material, to reason, to solve problems and apply sound situational judgment.

·    A writing exercise to assess your ability to write clearly and correctly.

Later phases of the process will include oral examinations, polygraph (lie detector) test, background investigation, psychological examination, medical examination and drug testing.

Applicants must have a high school diploma or the equivalent, be at least 20 years old at the time of testing, and at least 21 at the time of hire (this is a state requirement for admission to the police officer standards and training (post) academy program).

There is a twenty-five (25) dollar application fee for this process, which must be sent along with your completed application.   

For an application and more information on the process, go to one of these web sites:

www.enfield.org

www.policecertification.com

You may also pick up an application package at the Town Hall, or call (860) 253-6345.

Your completed application must be postmarked on or before April 7, 2004, so log on or call for an application now.   Late applications will not be accepted.

IMPORTANT DATES

April 7, 2004                           Completed application and $25 application fee is due.

April 17, 2004                         Date of written test.  You must take the test on this date.  There will be no makeup dates.  Test begins at 9:00 a.m. (added 4/1/2004)

May 7, 2004                            You must pass the CHIP physical ability assessment and have a current CHIP certification card by this date to be considered further.

 Due to scheduling, we will allow a testing date of May 8, 2004 (added 3/24/04)

                CHIP's April 17, 2004 test has been changed to start at 1:00 p.m. (added 4/1/2004)

NOTE:               For information on obtaining a CHIP card, call CHIP at

203-235-5865 or visit their web site at www.policecertification.com