Police Officer Trainee FY26
Police - Uniform
About this role
<div style="font-style: normal;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px 3.0px 0.0px 0.0px;color: inherit;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"><div style="margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;"><div style="font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;margin: 0.0px;padding: 11.0px 0.0px 0.0px;" title=""><div style="margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;">This is a temporary trainee classification used to qualify and train candidates’ under-filling permanent Police Officer positions. Participates in a Qualifying Training Program to learn, through formal classroom instruction, the basic police procedures, techniques, and laws required to perform the duties of a Dallas Police Officer.</div></div></div></div><br><br><strong>**PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION WITHOUT ATTACHING YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT OR MILITARY DOCUMENTS** </strong><br><br><strong>Y<strong><em>our application is INCOMPLETE until you have attached a legible copy of one of the above qualifying documents. </em></strong></strong><br><strong><br></strong><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><em><u>Examples of Qualifying Documents</u></em></strong><ul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0p
Requirements
Applicants for trainee police officer must:<br><br>(1) be at least 19.5 years of age and not have reached 45 years of age on the date the civil service written examination is given;<br>(2) have demonstrated safe driving habits and be qualified to drive a motor vehicle in Texas; <br><span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;">(3)</span> for any completed military service, a designation of honorable or uncharacterized discharge as indicated on separation documents provided by the military; and<br>(4) meet one of the following qualifications:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 20.0px;">(A) a minimum of 45 semester hours college credit with a C average or better from an accredited college or university;</div><div style="margin-left: 20.0px;">(B) a mi
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