How is Arizona’s hiring process different than other states?
We will pay you to go through the Academy. You will be paid $21.45/hr while attending the Academy during the day for 40 hours a week. You do not reside at the Academy. You do not sign a minimum term contract with our agency. If for some unfortunate reason you have to leave the department soon after you are hired you will not be required to pay anything back to the department for early termination. Our department does not have a waiting list. New recruits who graduate from the academy with their certification go directly to patrol for field training. You are not required to do any minimum corrections work in any detention facilities. We work with the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office Department of Corrections to jail our suspects.
