How to become a City of Moline Police Officer

The City of Moline conducts examinations in the spring of each year to establish a police officer eligibility register. Applications are available on this website or at the City of Moline Human Resources Office during a specified time period prior to testing. (Note: A special application is required and the general Application for Employment will not be accepted.)

Please call or email the Human Resources Office at 309-524-2068 or afleming@moline.il.us to be added to the reminder list for the next police officer recruitment.

Applicants must:

• Be citizens of the United States

• Be at least 21 years of age by the time of appointment*

• Be under 40 years of age

• Have 20/20 correctable vision

*Candidates who are 20 years of age and have taken 2 years of certified law enforcement courses are also eligible to test, but will not be appointed until reaching 21 years of age.

Candidates will be required to successfully complete events as required by the Rules of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners such as a physical agility test, written examination and oral interview in order to be placed on the eligibility register for the position of police officer.

1. PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST:

• All police officer applicants must pass the physical agility test before proceeding to the written examination.

• The physical agility test is a pass/fail test.

• Click here for physical agility test details and minimum physical fitness requirements.

2. WRITTEN EXAMINATION:

• A minimum score of 70% is required on the written examination to proceed to the oral interview. Only the top twenty-five (25) applicants who have passed the written examination will be permitted to participate in the first round of oral interviews.

• Five (5) points will be added to the passing written score for at least one (1) year of military service with honorable discharge.

• Study guides for the written examination are available during the specified application period.

3. ORAL INTERVIEW:

• Persons receiving the top twenty-five (25) passing scores on the written examination shall be scheduled for the first round of oral interviews with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, the Police Chief or designee, 2 other members of the police department and a representative from the Human Resources Office.

• Interviews will be scored with 70% minimum required to pass.

• If an eligibility register of twenty-five (25) is not achieved after the first round of interviews, subsequent rounds of interviews may be conducted based on the written examination scores of the remaining eligible applicants until an eligibility register of twenty-five (25) is achieved.

4. ELIGIBILITY REGISTER:

• Passing scores from the written examination and the oral interview are averaged together and posted on a one (1) year eligibility register.

• At the time a vacancy occurs, the background investigation and reference check are conducted. The Police Chief recommends a candidate from the top three persons on the eligibility register. The selected candidate is made a conditional offer of employment and must pass a medical evaluation with a drug screen and a bonafide, valid and job-related psychological evaluation. If more than six (6) months has elapsed from the time of the physical agility test, the selected candidate must again pass such test.

Additional information is available by calling the Human Resources Office at 309-524-2068 or 309-524-2069. The City of Moline is an Equal Opportunity Employer.