Entry Level Police Officer

Salary: $76,232.60

Closing Date: June 12, 2026

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship
• 21 years of age and no more than 35 years of age at time of application, unless exempt by statute
• Valid Driver’s License
• High School Diploma or GED
• Must have at least 30 credit hours of college credit from an accredited university
• 20/70 binocular vision correctable to 20/20 and not be color blind
• Police Officers must reside within a twenty-mile radius of South Holland’s Village Hall or a municipality whose border is touched by a twenty-mile radius, within one (1) year of employment. If a municipality’s border is touched by the twenty-mile radius, it shall allow for that police officer to live within that entire municipality (i.e., the city of Chicago is touched by a twenty-mile radius from South Holland Village Hall, therefore an officer may live anywhere within the city of Chicago).
• Be of high moral standards and personal integrity and habits based upon contemporary Village standards, as determined by the Police Department
• Be free of any felony convictions, or misdemeanor criminal convictions as specified in 65 ILCS, Section 5-1-7 of the IL Revised Statutes
• Be able to pass a written and Ergometric exam, POWER test, oral interview, background investigation, psychological, polygraph, and medical examination.