Montclair Police Department

Partial profile reviewed 2026-10-21. Not proof of an opening.

Minimum requirements

• The site's entry-officer route requires current enrollment in or graduation from a California POST basic academy. Do not confuse this with an untrained academy-sponsorship opening.
• Entry applicants complete PELLETB or a written NTN examination; check the actual announcement for full eligibility and testing rules.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

The lateral route requires a California Basic POST Certificate and the listed background, interview, physical, medical, psychological and polygraph screening. Do not assume an out-of-state certificate automatically qualifies.

Recruiting contact

Police recruiting

Hiring outline

1. Apply through the city-linked job system for the appropriate officer category.
2. Published components include written testing where required, oral interview, physical agility, background, medical, psychological and polygraph screening. The overview does not establish their chronological order or identical requirements for every position.

Physical testing

Police-officer applicants face physical agility screening, but the reviewed overview provides no verified course events or numeric passing standards. Ask recruiting for the current test instructions.

Benefits

The officer page describes retirement, health coverage, leave and education support; eligibility and current terms require confirmation.

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

California employer, not Montclair, New Jersey. Pay is not reproduced because the officer page retains July 2024 increase language without establishing a current schedule. No specific vacancy, deadline or guaranteed incentive verified.

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