Burke County Sheriff's Office

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

Minimum requirements

• The careers page lists U.S. citizenship by hire and generic minimum age18. This overview does not establish every sworn appointment or academy age requirement; confirm the role-specific standard.
• An early requirements block lists an associate degree OR two years of sworn full-arrest experience OR an approved education/experience combination. These are alternatives, not a requirement that every applicant already have police service or a degree.
• A later general Georgia overview instead describes a high-school diploma and college as favorable but not an absolute prerequisite. The page's statements do not resolve the applicable agency-specific education rule. Obtain current written eligibility from the sheriff office or the actual announcement.
• Background, drug screening, medical examination, psychological screening, oral interview and voice-stress analysis are described. References to criminal convictions are an overview, not a complete current disqualifier policy.
• Neither the webpage nor the reviewed process outline establishes a guaranteed novice academy sponsorship route, training-cost agreement, out-of-state equivalency or appointment to a specialty. Do not infer these from general discussion of Georgia academies.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

The webpage accepts sworn full-arrest experience as one possible education/experience route, but does not establish lateral certification recognition, service credit, a pay-step formula or an academy waiver. Confirm the route applicable to your credentials.

Recruiting contact

Published application-return email and general sheriff office phone; confirm current route

Hiring outline

1. Obtain the application packet from the website or sheriff office. The linked September2020 outline describes these options; the current webpage also publishes an application-return email. The application packet itself was not reviewed or submitted.
2. The older outline says an agency selection board reviews applications. Confirm the current screening and completeness requirements.
3. The selection board conducts initial interviews and recommends applicants for advancement. The outline says applicants not advancing are notified by mail; current notification practice needs confirmation.
4. A background investigator conducts the investigation and sends results to the selection board.
5. Applicants are scheduled for deception and psychological testing. The webpage names a Digital Voice Stress Analyzer; the PDF itself does not specify that instrument or its protocol.
6. Test results proceed to administrative review and approval by the sheriff or designees.
7. The sheriff or designees conduct a final interview, followed by drug screening for successful applicants under the older outline.
8. The outline describes an offer letter and new-hire orientation following successful drug screening. These are published historical steps, not verification that the current agency uses an unchanged order or that an applicant is guaranteed an offer. The webpage additionally mentions medical screening without establishing its place in this sequence.

Physical testing

The careers page generally mentions written and physical examinations, but no current agency-specific events, cutoff times, repetitions, distances, scoring groups or retest rules were verified. Medical screening is not itself a numerical fitness test. Ask for the current role-specific testing instructions; no automatic fitness preset or individualized exercise plan is established by these sources.

Benefits

Needs confirmation

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial guide, not a complete or current hiring policy. September2020 PDF gives an approximate one month from an announcement's closing date and says unsuccessful applicants may reapply when positions next become available. Neither statement is a current deadline, guaranteed timeline or immediate reapplication entitlement. PDF office header is225 Highway24South,Waynesboro,Georgia30830, not a verified test site. No salary, benefits plan, active requisition deadline, full disqualifier policy or numerical fitness standards verified. Application and physician-affidavit documents remain unreviewed; the careers page appears to point its physician-affidavit label to the same process PDF, so do not treat that link as a reviewed medical form. Do not send personal documents to Enter Prepared. No forms, accounts, signatures, consents, documents or outreach submitted.

No test preset is imported from this profile. Bring current employer instructions to your preparation.