ATTENTION

Effective immediately, the City of Phoenix will administer the Police Recruit/Cadet written exam one time every other month. The written test will be administered on October 17, 2008, and the next written test will be on December 19, 2008. Check in time will be at 3:00 p.m., with the exam starting at 3:30 p.m.

All applicants must apply online BEFORE the written exam.
Seating is limited to the first 250 who register.

If you have any questions, please call (602) 534-COPS (2677).

Exam Dates for Police Recruit positions

The Phoenix Police Department will have a police recruit test on the following dates.

• Out of state applicants who pass the written test will be offered the agility test the following morning after both the Wednesday and Friday written tests.
  
  
• All applicants MUST pre-register prior to taking the police exams. Click Here for pre-registration.

WRITTEN EXAM LOCATION AND DATES

All written exams will be held at the City of Phoenix Personnel Building , 135 North Second Avenue , Phoenix , Arizona 85003 (SE corner of 2nd Ave and Monroe ). Pre-registation is required in order to take the written exam.

PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST INFORMATION (Candidates are eligible to take the physical agility test only after passing the written exam)

All physical agility tests will be held at the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy , 10001 South 15th Avenue , Phoenix , Arizona 85041 ( 15th Ave south of Dobbins Road )

Late arrivals will not be admitted to the exam.

Saturday, November 1 at 7:00am

Saturday, November 15 at 7:00am

Saturday, December 6 at 7:00am

Saturday, December 20 at 7:00am

Further Dates/Times and Locations to be Announced and posted as they become available.

Call 602-262-6925 or 1-866-PHX-JOBS for further information

Location for the written exam.

City Personnel Building
135 North 2 Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85003-2013
(Corner of 2nd Avenue and Monroe Street)

Location for the Physical Agility Test

Arizona Law Enforcement Academy
10001 South 15th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85041-9200
(Travel south on 15th Ave. from Dobbins)

All Applicants who pass the written exam will be invited to the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy, to take the physical agility test.

No Physical Agility Test Will Follow the Evening Tests! Applicants who successfully pass the written test on one of these dates will be required to take the physical agility test on one of the following Saturday test dates, instructions and agility testing dates will be provided at the test site.

There is no study guide for the City of Phoenix Police Recruit Test. The written test consists of four parts: memory retention, sentence structure, reading comprehension, and a general survey. We do NOT endorse the use of any study guide and this information is given out only as an aide to those who solicit information regarding available resources.

Physical Agility Test

The Physical Agility Test is the 2nd step of the hiring process, THIS IS NOT THE WRITTEN TEST!

The agility test will follow the written test on the posted test dates only or when posted separately.
Applicants who have not yet taken and passed the written test are NOT eligible to take the agility test. Please refer to the Website in the future for written exam dates.

THE PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST IS ONLY FOR APPLICANTS WHO HAVE TAKEN AND PASSED THE WRITTEN TEST WITHIN THE PAST 9 MONTHS AND FOR APPLICANTS WHO ARE RETAKING THE PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST THAT PREVIOUSLY DID NOT PASS.

Out of State applicants will be offered the physical agility test the following morning.

Location:

Arizona Law Enforcement Academy, 10001 S. 15th Avenue then south on 15th Avenue from Dobbins).
Please bring a Photo ID and your test result form and/or letter with you. (You are provided with a test result form immediately following the written test while you wait.)

NOTES:

When posted exam dates are TENTATIVE and may change due to facility arrangements.

To verify test dates call the City of Phoenix Police and Fire job line number at (602) 534-5627.

Come dressed appropriately (running shoes, T -shirts, shorts, sweatshirts or sweats). No bare midriffs, see-through clothing, cut-offs, etc.

Applications

You may also download an application from the internet by Clicking Here. This application is in Microsoft Word .doc format.

To obtain an application by mail, please call (602) 262-6277 or e-mail us at persapps@phoenix.gov.
E-mail requests for applications must include the title of recruitment, your name, address, city, state, zip code and phone number. The application will be mailed to you.

Bring your completed application to the test.
The date, time and location are provided on the application. We will also provide applications at the test site.

Police Recruit Ride Along Application

Persons currently involved in the Police Recruit hiring process are eligible to participate in a Ride Along program where the applicant can ride along with an officer during their work shift. Once in the hiring process the applicant's background investigator will make the appropriate arrangements for the ride along.