Wickenburg Police Department

Partial profile reviewed 2026-10-24. Not proof of an opening.

Minimum requirements

• Employer lists age at least 20 years and six months at written examination, high-school diploma/GED and US citizenship at application. Honorable discharge applies only if prior military; no military service prerequisite.
• Published disqualifiers include felony conviction, family-violence conviction, current criminal indictment, and legal prohibitions on driving or possessing firearms/ammunition. Page says additional AZPOST eligibility/certification criteria may apply; not a complete independently current legal checklist.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

Town accepts Arizona-certified and qualifying out-of-state certified officers. Lateral applicants have an off-site PAT and town-administered written examination scheduled separately; do not substitute recruit Cooper cutoffs or infer a testing waiver. Current certification-transfer terms unverified.

Recruiting contact

Human Resources contact explicitly provided for police hiring-process questions

Hiring outline

1. Town application with resume, diploma/GED and citizenship proof. DD-214 only for military applicants and AZPOST certification only for certified applicants. Current job-portal vacancy availability was not checked.
2. AZPOST personal-history form and sharing/ID steps are described. No account or questionnaire was created or submitted in this review.
3. Qualified recruits are invited to an on-site Cooper fitness test, followed immediately by a town-administered written examination on passing. Certified laterals use an off-site PAT and separately scheduled town written exam.
4. Oral-board interview for selected applicants, background interview/investigation, polygraph, psychological evaluation and medical examination by AZPOST-certified physician are listed, followed by final staff review and possible chief's employment offer.
5. Employer says steps may be reordered or modified and background may continue throughout. Applications/results are stated valid for one year, not a one-year job-opening deadline. Confirm current notices and route-specific arrangements.

Physical testing

Recruit on-site Cooper figures: 1.5-mile run in 14:40 or less, at least 34 sit-ups in one minute and 31 push-ups in one minute. Lateral off-site PAT is a different route; linked AZPOST protocol was not reviewed and no numeric lateral standards are inferred. Confirm current protocol, form, accommodations and retest rules; no individualized exercise/medical advice.

For non-certified recruit on-site test, not the separate lateral off-site PAT. Page has no clear effective date; current protocol and retest conditions require confirmation.

Benefits

Needs confirmation

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial guide, no verified vacancy, deadline, pay, benefits, numeric lateral protocol or guaranteed academy funding. Original October24 page describes town testing, not NTN testing shown in an older search snippet. Employer eligibility summary is not independent legal verification. No linked job portal, AZPOST account/protocol, forms, applications or outreach used.

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