Minimum Entry Level Qualifications

• All applicants must have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
• All applicants must possess a valid driver's license from the state of residence.
• All applicants must be a citizen of the United States.
• All applicants will be at least twenty years old at the time of application.
• All applicants will be capable of meeting a vision standard of 20/80, correctable to 20/20.  Applicants will have normal color vision, normal depth perception, and good hearing.
• No applicant will have any felony or misdemeanor conviction.
• No applicant will have an extensive motor vehicle record which would indicate a disregard for the law.
• No applicant will have been dishonorably discharged from the military service or have been discharged by an employer for reasons which would cast doubt on his/her fitness to be a police officer.
• All applicants will be free of any physical disability which would prevent them from performing all the essential job functions of a patrol officer.
• No applicant will have committed any misdemeanor or felony as defined under any state or federal law within two (2) years prior to application.
• All applicants are required to take the Amherst Police written examination.
• All applicants that pass the written examination will be required to submit to a physical agility test (minimum requirements).  Physical testing will commence at the conclusion of the written test.
• Applicants that successfully complete the above tests will be scheduled for an oral interview, polygraph examination, psychological testing and an extensive background investigation.

Physical Test Requirements

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