Western Kentucky University Police Department

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

Minimum requirements

• Position specifications list age 21 by the POPS testing date, U.S. citizenship, a valid motor-vehicle driver license, diploma/GED, and positive community/interpersonal/employment records. Source also lists Selective Service registration for male applicants aged 18–26 and felony/domestic-violence conviction restrictions. This older employer summary is not independent verification of complete current legal eligibility.
• No law-enforcement experience is required. College, military and prior policing are welcomed, not prerequisites. The document describes basic and field training or valid POPS/POST certification; do not interpret experienced-route certification as mandatory before a novice applies.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

Hiring page advertises up to five years of salary credit for lateral police officers. Current qualifying service, certification recognition, amount and waivers remain unverified; no automatic reciprocity or guaranteed maximum credit assumed.

Recruiting contact

Captain Burden — hiring information contact published on police hiring page

Hiring outline

1. Use the university Human Resources application route linked from the police hiring page. The external application provider was not requested; current requisition, filing deadline, documents and any fees remain unverified.
2. Complete the employer's POPS suitability testing. The qualifications document does not establish a full written/interview/background/medical sequence; do not invent an ordered process from generic statewide assumptions.
3. Confirm current basic/field training arrangements with the employer. The source does not establish academy duration, paid tuition, wages during academy or repayment-free sponsorship.

Physical testing

The qualifications document describes strenuous police work and ongoing fitness/firearms requirements, not numerical applicant PAT cutoffs. The linked POPS testing PDF exceeded the review size limit and was not read or saved; events, scores, retests, accommodations and waivers remain unverified.

Benefits

Hiring page advertises employee tuition, 50% dependent tuition, take-home fleet, uniforms/equipment, insurance options, PTO/holiday provisions, hazardous-duty retirement and 5% differential for B/C shifts. Confirm current eligibility, caps, scheduling and plan terms. These are advertised benefits, not guaranteed academy funding or universal compensation additions.

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial applicant guide. Qualifications PDF has no clear effective date and a March 2023 HTTP modification header. Hiring page displays Last Modified 2/13/26, not proof each benefit is current. Officer pay PDF returned HTTP404; no salary adopted. POPS PDF size rejection is not an access denial, not evidence of no test. No current vacancy/deadline or JobPosting asserted. No external provider, application, account, form, cookie acceptance or outreach used.

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