Once your application is received during an "open hiring period" you must endure several steps to move forward in the process.

• Your application is screened and examined to ensure you have the required qualifications

if qualified

• You are contacted to attend a written test at a pre-selected testing site

         if you pass with a score of 70% or better

• You may be contacted to attend a Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB) of tests at a pre-selected test site.

One of the most difficult challenges for both candidates and recruits are the physical requirements of the Police Officer examination and the Police Academy. Physical conditioning is stressed because off the physical demands placed upon officers in the field.

YOU MUST pass the physical fitness battery of tests to proceed to the next phase.  The PEB consists of the following steps:

1.      Body Compostion Standard - assessment determined by either subcutaneous fat-fold measurement or bio-electric impedance measurement, taken from chest, waist and thigh.

2.       Body Weight Pushed Standard - Muscular strength determined with ONE maximal repetition chest press. Applicant will have five (5) attempts 

3.      Trunk Flexion Standards - Flexibility determined by seated forward flexion (sit and reach) evaluation. Applicant will have two (2) attempts 

4.      Agility Run Standards - Agility measured by negotiating a timed obstacle course (Illinois agility course). Applicant will have two (2) attempts 

5.      1.5 Mile Run Standard - Cardiovascular endurance measured with a timed 1.5 mile walk/run. Applicant will have one (1) attempt

• Satisfactorily complete an oral interview, (a panel of United States Park Police Supervisors review information applicant provided)

• Satisfactorily complete the prescribed training required for recruits after appointment

• Satisfactorily complete a probationary period of one (1) year