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Explore interview preparation →Zionsville, Indiana · Indiana · City / town police
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Applicant route covered: Municipal police employer with entry-level and lateral compensation labels. Applications explicitly closed at review; future-opportunity notification form is not a current vacancy or application window. Published requirements are employer statements, not an independent determination of complete state law.
Application timing: closed Scope: Recruiting page explicitly says the department is not currently accepting applications. Future-opportunity pre-application notifications are separate; recheck for next intake.. Checked 2026-10-24. Current official notice ↗
Published experience bands distinguish less-than1year, under2years and more-than2years; exact boundary placement should be confirmed. Pension enrollment may affect the age rule. No automatic rank, service/leave credit or certification transfer promised.
Explicit future-opportunity/recruitment email, not an application to an open intake
zpdrecruiting@zionsville-in.govRecruiting page names the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Functional Fitness Test EXIT standard of3:58 and links a demonstration video. Exit standard must not be relabeled entry standard. Event protocol, current implementation, accommodations and retest terms require administrator confirmation; video was not opened and no exercise prescription is given.
| Test | Published threshold |
|---|---|
| ILEA Functional Fitness Test EXIT standard | 3:58 |
Page describes medical/dental/vision coverage, town-funded PERF77, matching457B, take-home vehicle, equipment, leave and floating holidays. Eligibility, vesting, vehicle conditions, contribution details and current terms require confirmation; retirement eligibility wording is not individualized retirement advice.
Employer names clothing allowance, longevity, college, bilingual, night/weekend and selected-specialty pay. These are conditional items, not universal starting compensation or a signing bonus; no stacking or guaranteed maximum inferred.
Department general contact1075 Parkway Drive,317-873-5967 is distinct from recruiting email. Authorized staffing is not a vacancy count. Partial guide, closed intake, no dated reopening, academy funding or JobPosting asserted. No pre-application, email, forms, accounts, patrol request, newsletter or outreach used.
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Suggest a source-backed correction →Municipal police employer with entry-level and lateral compensation labels. Applications explicitly closed at review; future-opportunity notification form is not a current vacancy or application window. Published requirements are employer statements, not an independent determination of complete state law.
Employer lists high-school graduation or accepted equivalent, US citizenship, age21 and under40 at hire with pension-program exceptions, and an Indiana driver license or acquisition within60days of becoming an Indiana resident. Current pension exceptions and residency conditions require employer confirmation. Military discharge conditions apply to those with military service; prior military service is not required. Source names a separate military-service age exception, not a universal requirement or blanket age waiver. Employer lists drug/criminal-history and application-honesty conditions, including recent marijuana use, domestic-violence convictions, recent OWI and pending cases. It expressly says its disqualifier list is not comprehensive and some histories are reviewed individually. Consult current recruitment staff rather than treat this summary as complete legal eligibility. These are selected requirements, not the complete current eligibility or disqualifier list.
Published experience bands distinguish less-than1year, under2years and more-than2years; exact boundary placement should be confirmed. Pension enrollment may affect the age rule. No automatic rank, service/leave credit or certification transfer promised.
2026entry-level non-lateral published pay: $77,711.74; Lateral OfficerII less than1year / under2years respectively: $77,711.74 / $81,264.12; Lateral OfficerI more than2years: $84,816.51. Confirm current rates and your eligible step with the employer.
Wait for a new application intake; the department explicitly says applications are not currently accepted. Its pre-application form/email route is offered for future-opportunity notification only; no submission was made. Published minimums require the Indiana academy Functional Fitness Test exit standard. Full ordered hiring stages, written-exam provider, oral-board format, background/polygraph/medical sequence and retest rules were not established on this page.
Recruiting page names the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Functional Fitness Test EXIT standard of3:58 and links a demonstration video. Exit standard must not be relabeled entry standard. Event protocol, current implementation, accommodations and retest terms require administrator confirmation; video was not opened and no exercise prescription is given.
Page describes medical/dental/vision coverage, town-funded PERF77, matching457B, take-home vehicle, equipment, leave and floating holidays. Eligibility, vesting, vehicle conditions, contribution details and current terms require confirmation; retirement eligibility wording is not individualized retirement advice.
Recruiting page explicitly says the department is not currently accepting applications. Future-opportunity pre-application notifications are separate; recheck for next intake.: applications/testing were closed when the official source was checked 2026-10-24. This does not establish permanent closure or the status of other hiring tracks. Confirm current availability with the employer.
This partial profile was reviewed 2026-10-24. That is not a vacancy verification date, and reading this page does not refresh the underlying research.
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