Municipal Police Departments

[skatr5435]

Does anybody know if all local municipalities in PA do the whole process as in poly, BG, things like that as mandated by the state or is it at their discretion??

[LvNjPoles]

To become a police officer in the state of Pennsylvania you must be Act 120 certified (unless PSP) and both the poly and background are requirements.

Just curious but why do you ask?
I never heard a police dept not do a poly and BG.

[ging]

Per MPOETC Site, http://www.mpoetc.state.pa.us/mpotrs/cwp/view.asp?a=1133&q=440471, The following requirements must be achieved. A Background investigation is mandatory, but a polygraph is not.


1) Be 18 years of age or older.

(2) Possess a high school diploma or GED Equivalency.

(3) Be citizens of the United States.

(4) Be free from convictions of disqualifying criminal offenses.

(5) Be able to read at no less than the ninth grade level, as established through the administration of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test.

(6) Be personally examined by a Pennsylvania licenced physician

(7) Be personally examined by a Pennsylvania licensed psychologist and found to be psychologically capable to exercise appropriate judgment or restraint in performing the duties of a police officer.

(8) Be evaluated to determine physical fitness using the standards developed by the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, Texas. Each applicant shall score no lower than the 30th percentile of the Cooper standards, which coincides with the 30th percentile of the general population, in each of the five required evaluations to be eligible for employment. A person will not be enrolled in a recruit training program at a police academy certified by the Commission unless the person has obtained a score in the 30th percentile or higher for the person's age and gender as specified in the Cooper standards for each of the five evaluations

(9) Certify whether they have taken a physical examination or psychological evaluation conducted in conjunction with an application for police employment within the previous year and the outcome of the examination or evaluation.

(10) Be subject to a thorough background investigation conducted by the applicant's employing police department. The investigation shall include the following:

(i) A criminal history check including the submission of fingerprints to the Central Repository for the Commonwealth and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(ii) A check of the applicant's credit history.

(iii) Personal interviews conducted with at least 3 people that have personal knowledge of the applicant but are not related to the applicant.

(iv) Interviews of the applicant's employers, if any, for the past 5 years to determine the applicant's work history.

(v) A check of the applicant's driving record verifying that the applicant has a valid driver's license.

(11) Successfully complete a basic police training course given at a Commission-certified school or obtain a waiver of training as enumerated in

[e-man]

Hey Ging. are you a dispatcher with the city, er I mean County now??? I worked the city for 10 years and recently left for the 'burbs...

[skatr5435]

To become a police officer in the state of Pennsylvania you must be Act 120 certified (unless PSP) and both the poly and background are requirements.

Just curious but why do you ask?
I never heard a police dept not do a poly and BG.

I was just asking. I have nothing on my background. I am 235 certified and that was just recently so I mean I know im clean on my background. I know of like 1 or 2 SMALL departments that dont do any of it besides background. Just didnt know if it was mandatory or at the departments discretion.

[LvNjPoles]

My mistake a poly is not needed.

[Tikidaddy]

Some depts don't do a poly but, most do. Just had my first on Friday.