Dallas Police Department - Police Officer Trainee
Last updated on August 12, 2025
PST Partner Agency since January 29, 2021
Vacancies: 300
Important Information
To sign up for Dallas Police Department, please follow the steps below:
1. Click "Sign Up" on the Dallas PD profile on PST's website. Create your PST account and finish the initial registration process (there is no testing fee, but you must complete the checkout process).
2. You will be emailed a Dallas PD Personal History Statement and Preliminary Interview Form. Complete the two forms and upload them to your PST account under "Agency Requested Docs". Be sure to assign the documents to Dallas PD.
3. Please visit https://bit.ly/DPDfromPST and select the "Please Click Here To Apply" link. It will take you to the City of Dallas job posting page where you must create an account and register for the Civil Service Exam. Please follow the steps on that page for additional information.
4. Once you have registered, a link to take the Civil Service examination will be emailed to you. You have 14 Days to complete the exam.
5. Once you have passed the exam a Dallas PD recruiter will reach out to you regarding the next steps of the hiring process.
If you have questions before or during your application process, please email us at dpdrecruiting@dallascityhall.com
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Dallas Police Department - Police Officer Trainee Requirements
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| Written Examination |
No, not required While there is no written test via Public Safety Testing, the Dallas Police Department requires applicants to take and pass a Civil Service Exam. Passing the Civil Service Exam is the first step in the application process and must be done before additional steps can be started. |
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| LEO/CO Physical Ability Test (PAT) |
No, not required (may be required later) While there is no Physical Ability Test via Public Safety Testing, the Dallas Police Department requires applicants to take and pass a Physical Readiness Evaluation as part of their Phase One testing. Additional information on the evaluation can be found at www.dallaspolice.net/joindpd |
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| Minimum Age | Must be between 19 1/2 years of age and 44 years of age. Applicants must not turn 45 years of age before taking the civil service examination. | ||
| Citizenship | Must be a citizen of the United States. | ||
| High School Grad/ GED | Must be a U. S. high school graduate or possess a G.E.D. Applicants that are 19 1/2 and 20 years of age must have a minimum of 60 semester college hours with a 2.0 GPA from an accredited college or university. Applicants between 21 and 44 years of age must have a minimum of 45 semester college hours with a 2.0 GPA from an accredited college or university. Military Exemption: College credit hours requirement is waived for military personnel who served at least 3 years on active duty and were conferred an Honorable discharge as stipulated on their DD Form 214 (member 4 copy). Consideration is allowed for 10 calendar days short of the mandatory three years. | ||
| Driver's License Required | Must have demonstrated safe driving habits and have a valid driver’s license. | ||
| Vision Requirements | No worse than 20/100 vision rating in each eye, correctable to 20/20 in both eyes. The city of Dallas uses the Department of Transportation standard vision test. The exam includes moving your eyes left to right, up and down and able to see three different colors: red, yellow, and green (just like a stop light). | ||
| Body Decorations | Applicants must not have tattoos, brands, or body art that may be considered offensive or obscene. Tattoos must be covered by a long sleeve uniform shirt. Applicants must not have tattoos on their head, scalp, face, neck, hands, or fingers. | ||
Dallas Police Department - Police Officer Trainee Disqualifiers
The following are automatic and potential disqualifiers. Applicants should not apply to our agency if they indicate any of the automatic disqualifiers. Potential disqualifiers will be considered on a case by case basis.
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Agency Test Requirements
Written Examination: No, not required
PAT: No, not required (may be required later)
COVID-19 UPDATES
5/6/2020 Update:
TESTING IN WASHINGTON STATE CANCELED THROUGH MAY 31, 2020
All pre-employment tests in Washington State have been canceled until May 31, 2020 unless government restrictions are eased. With recent updates, facility closures, and government guidelines, this step is necessary and could be modified at any time. The health and safety of our customers, our staff, and their families is of the highest priority.
We will continue to evaluate developments and make changes to this policy as necessary. When we do resume testing, there will be plenty of events for everyone to test. We are in regular communication with our public safety agency partners, assessing alternatives to the traditional testing model and our testing policies. Any future updates will be posted on the PST website and our Facebook page.
4/1/2020 Update:
If you have tested with PST in the past 12 months, there may be additional positions you are now eligible to add. Several departments have temporarily changed their testing policies due to the suspension in testing that COVID-19 has caused. Please login to your PST account and navigate to the ‘New Positions’ page to see what departments you can add! We will regularly update that page in your account as departments send updates.
FUTURE TEST REGISTRATION
We know that there will be testing in the future - we just don’t know when! We want you to be prepared for when testing begins again so we have created test events on our calendar that you can register for that will place you in a queue to be first notified. These tests are not “real” test events, they are essentially a holding area. You will be able to “reschedule” out of that event to any other event date/location at no cost. Registering now will also give you time to work on your Personal History Statement (PHS) so that your data will be ready and up-to-date to send to your departments once testing resumes.
To sign up for this placeholder event, select the June 15, 2020 test date in your category (police, fire, 911 dispatch, corrections, etc.).
You may also click on the test event of interest below to sign up:
Law Enforcement & Corrections Written and Physical Ability Test
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