South Holland, IL Police Department - Police Officer

Police Officer Minimum Requirements:

• $15 application fee
• U.S. Citizen or legally authorized to work in the U.S.
  • Joliet Junior College
  • NIPSTA
• Police Officers must reside within a twenty-mile radius of South Holland’s Village Hall or a municipality whose border is touched by a twenty-mile radius, within one (1) year of employment. If a municipality’s border is touched by the twenty-mile radius, it shall allow for that police officer to live within that entire municipality (i.e., The city of Chicago is touched by a twenty-mile radius from South Holland Village Hall, therefore an officer may live anywhere within the city of Chicago).   
• 21 years of age and no more than 35 years of age at time of application, unless exempt by statute
• Valid driver’s license 
• High School Diploma
• Must have at least 30 credit hours of college credit from an accredited university (copy of official transcripts due at time of application)
• 20/70 binocular vision correctable to 20/20 and not be color blind
• Submit proof of having passed the IL POWER test.      Candidates who achieve a passing score on the written examination will be required to present a valid POWER card to the Department shortly after.  Applicants are encouraged to submit a copy of a valid POWER test card with their application.
  • POWER cards can be obtained through any licensed agency:
• Be of high moral standards and personal integrity and habits based upon contemporary Village standards, as determined by the Police Department
• Be free of any felony convictions, or misdemeanor criminal convictions as specified in 65 ILCS, Section 5-1-7 of the IL Revised Statutes
• Be able to pass a written and Ergometric exam, POWER test, oral interview, background investigation, psychological, polygraph and medical examination.