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West Virginia Police Academy Requirements and West Virginia Police Officer Qualifications

  • West Virginia State law requires an applicant to be at least 21 years of age

prior to enlistment. Applicants who are 20 years of age at the onset of testing

  • are permitted to test provided that he/she will be 21 years of age by the
  • target date of enlistment.
  • No prior police training will be substituted for Cadet training.
  • Applicants must have, at minimum, a high school diploma or G. E. D.
  • equivalency.
  • Applicants must have possessed a valid driver’s license for a minimum of two
  • (2) years prior to the date of application.
  • Applicants must not have any domestic violence convictions.
  • Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

Disqualifiers

  • the applicant is found to lack any of the preliminary requirements established

for consideration for the position by statute or otherwise,

  • the applicant has been convicted of a felony crime,
  • the applicant has made a false statement of material fact or has misrepresented

his or her qualifications in the application or subsequent background

investigation,

  • the applicant has been previously dismissed from any public service for

delinquency, misconduct, or other similar cause,

  • the applicant has used or attempted to use political pressure or bribery to

secure an advantage in the selection process or appointment,

  • the applicant has directly or indirectly obtained information regarding the

selection process to which, as an applicant, he/she was not entitled,

  • the applicant has failed to submit the application correctly or within the

prescribed time limits,

  • the applicant has taken part in the compilation, administration, or correction

of any examination used in the selection process,  at least three (3) former employers state that they would not re-employ the

applicant or otherwise indicate that the applicant’s services as an employee  were unsatisfactory, or that the applicant is lacking in

character

  • the applicant fails to meet the basic criteria as listed on page 2,
  • the applicant has any convictions for a serious traffi c offense (e.g. DUI, negligent homicide),the West Virginia State Police detects or discerns any condition or circumstance involving the applicant that may grossly impair the applicant’s ability to perform the duties attendant to the position of State Police Trooper at any stage of the process.