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Erie · PA · City / town police

Erie Police Department

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Partial profile reviewed 2026-10-22. Not proof of an opening.

Minimum requirements

  • Retained October 2022 standards: twenty-one through sixty-five at hire, diploma/GED, Act 120 certification by hire, citizen and valid license. Eligibility page allows move within fifteen miles of City Hall within one year; recruiting overview is less precise. Confirm current residency timing and complete exclusions. Certification by hire is not the same as prior sworn experience.

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Recruiting contact

Lt. Thomas Lenox, recruitment

epdrecruitment@erie.pa.us814-870-1168

Hiring outline

  1. Regional consortium written/physical testing and ranked eligibility list described. City screens background/credit/social media, interview, psychological, voice-stress and medical assessments; complete ordered sequence and offer timing unverified. Retained August 2023 test schedule is not a future event.

Physical testing

Eligibility page specifies consortium fitness at thirtieth-percentile age/gender Cooper standards. Numeric events/thresholds not independently reviewed; obtain current protocol.

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Pennsylvania city police, not Erie County sheriff or Erie Colorado. Official recruiting page retains April–June 2023 applications and August 2023 exams. No current vacancy, salary, academy sponsorship, deadline or recruitAnnual inferred; no JobPosting. Legacy relative eligibility link resolves incorrectly; direct official eligibility URL reviewed separately.

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