By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The St. Joseph Police Department is looking to fill open positions at the department.
Crime Prevention Officer Jeremy Peters says the department will hold new hire testing tomorrow.
"We're going to start at 10am at the Remington Nature Center with our written test," Peters tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "The process takes about two hours for the written test and then with a passing score on it we move to our physical agility course at the police shooting range, followed up immediately with an interview panel back at the police department."
Currently, there are 18 open positions within the department.
Peters says people selected from the interview panel will be sponsored by the department to attend the Missouri Western Law Enforcement Academy
"That's about a $6,000 or $7,000 benefit to the people we're hiring, we pay for that academy, they come on board making about $18 an hour while they're going to school," Peters explains. "Their job at that point is to pass that class, get certified, and land in uniform, once they land in uniform it goes up to about $25 an hour."
Peters says you can register online for the event, but there will be enough tests for people if you walk in, just get there early
"You'll want to be there by about 9:45am, that way we can get your information and get you situated, but if you can if you do have time, go onto the website there's a big button on the website that says "join SJPD"," Peters says. "Navigate through to the job posting and then there's a button that says apply with Indeed, that will let you send a digital application into us, and then we will have your information and be ready for you for the testing period there."
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