Danville Police Department

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

Minimum requirements

• Employer lists age at least 21, valid Kentucky driver license, high-school diploma/GED, U.S. citizenship and no federal/state prohibition on firearm possession. Confirm complete current eligibility, disqualifiers, exceptions and timing with the controlling announcement; this is not an independent legal eligibility determination.
• An honorable military discharge is required if prior military service applies. Military service itself is not required. Do not turn conditional prior-service documents into a novice prerequisite.
• The city’s Citizens Academy is a general community-understanding program, not police-officer certification or a mandatory entry route. Tours, demonstrations and community safety training likewise do not prove paid recruit academy sponsorship.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

Certified-officer pay is described as experience-based, with unspecified exemptions from portions of screening. Exact service-credit formula, certification transfer, waiver criteria, vacancies and pay rate are unverified. Non-certified pay is described only qualitatively, not as a confirmed salary.

Recruiting contact

General police office; not verified dedicated recruiter

Hiring outline

1. Check for the current officer announcement. Submit a completed employment application to the Human Resources Administrator through the employer’s provided channel; the city says the link is supplied when a job is posted. No external jobs provider, account or application was used.
2. Source lists background investigation, drug screen, interview, physical fitness at POPS standards, polygraph and written testing. These are screening components, not a verified chronological sequence. Current provider, scoring, retest rules and additional clinical/offer steps remain unverified.
3. Certified officers are described as exempt from portions of screening without specifying which portions. Confirm individualized waiver and certification-equivalency decisions; do not infer that all screening is waived, that novice applicants are excluded or that academy costs are funded.

Physical testing

Recruitment page references POPS physical standards but the observed standards link leads to a login portal, which was not requested. Numerical events, cutoffs, current applicability, retests and accommodation instructions remain unverified; no other department’s scores substituted.

Benefits

Employer advertises three weeks annual vacation, sick/vacation accumulation, hazardous-duty CERS retirement, uniforms/equipment and allowance, home fleet and employer-paid life coverage. It also advertises fully paid health/dental for family or single coverage. Confirm current plan eligibility, cost-sharing and agreement terms; no guaranteed retirement result or total compensation calculated.

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial requirements and application overview. No current salary, funded opening, complete legal eligibility, numerical PAT, ordered screening or beginner academy funding verified. HR and police chief are named for inquiries on the original source; no email, form, account, personal data or outreach used. Distinct from similarly named departments in other states.

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