Key Takeaways Understand the “Mobility Requirement”: When applying for federal roles (like the DEA or Secret Service), you must often sign a mobility agreement. This means you agree to relocate to any duty station nationwide based on the agency’s...
Key Takeaways Identify Your Testing Provider: Washington agencies generally use one of two providers: National Testing Network (NTN), which features the video-based FrontLine National test, or Public Safety Testing (PST), which uses the LST. Seattle, for example, uses...
The citizenship requirements to be a law enforcement officer with a local or state agency will depend upon the individual agency. Some agencies require applicants to be US Citizens or US Nationals. Other agencies open up the requirements to those who are resident...
Each state sets their own requirements on what the minimum age will be for becoming a police officer and if there will be a maximum age and if so what that will be. Individual agencies may then set their own policies for minimum and maximum age requirements which fall...