Eligible candidates must:

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Have a high school diploma, GED, or evidence of equivalent achievement,
• Be enrolled in a college or university at the time of application.
• Successfully pass a police department-administered polygraph exam.
• Pass an in-depth background investigation.
• Pass a city-coordinated drug screen after a conditional offer of internship.

Past criminal activity

Eligible candidates must not:

• Have been convicted, or have had a conviction expunged, diverted, or deferred for any state or federal felony crime or misdemeanor domestic violence crime convictions,
• Have used any illegal drugs, with the exception of marijuana or synthetic marijuana, within the last five years,
• Have used marijuana or synthetic marijuana in the last year,
• Have an established pattern of prescription medication abuse,
• Have had revoked or curtailed the right to legally own or use a firearm under federal, state, or local law.
• Currently be charged with or under indictment for any criminal activity other than minor traffic violations,
• Currently be on criminal probation.

The following activities may not automatically disqualify an applicant for employment, but will be closely scrutinized on a case by case basis:

• Sales, distribution, manufacturing or transporting of any illegal drug.
• Unlawful use of medication not prescribed to the applicant within three years before the application for employment.
• Commission of any other potential felonious acts not listed above, detected or undetected.

Driving record

Eligible candidates:

• Must possess a valid driver’s license and an insurable driving record prior to beginning employment with the city.
• May not have been convicted of, plead guilty or no contest to, or been diverted on four or more moving traffic violations within the past three years.
• May not have been convicted of, plead guilty or no contest to, or been diverted on a serious traffic violation, including DUI, reckless driving, hit and run, vehicular homicide, transporting an open container of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage, eluding a police officer, and negligent homicide, within the past three years.