How long is the hiring process?
The hiring process typically takes four to seven months. We offer two academy classes each year: January and July. Please apply six months before the class you want to attend, to allow enough time to move through the process. After you submit your initial application to begin the process, please allow four weeks to receive a letter that explains the next step.
To make employment with our department more attractive, we accept applications year round and testing is done on at least a monthly basis. MNPD only accepts on-line applications. The new “progressive hiring” process takes a couple of months from submitting an application to being given a hire date depending on several variables. If you are available for testing and score in the outstanding on a combined Civil Service Written Exam and Physical Ability test, are available for an interview, and possess the qualities necessary to function well in a high stress environment, you will be considered along with other candidates. If selected, you will then be given a conditional offer of employment. After you successfully complete the rest of the testing process in a satisfactory manner, you will join the department as a Police Officer Trainee. Police Human Resources will work with you so that you are able to give your current employer two weeks notice. The old hiring process took approximately
