Police Officer

Position Information

Application Deadline:

• 06/20/25
• @ 2:00 PM

Salary:

• Starting: $76,232.60

Sworn:

• 50

Population:

• 22,000

Position Details

South Holland Police Department

Police Officer Job Application

Application Deadline:

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Online applications can be done online at:

https://southholland.org

No application fee required.

Minimum Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship
• 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 or GED
• Must have at least 30 credit hours of college credit from an accredited university (copy of official transcripts due at the 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 test 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 the below or any license agency:
    • NIPSTA
    • Joliet Junior College
• 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).
• 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:
• written and Ergometric exam
• POWER test
• oral interview
• background investigation
• psychological
• polygraph
• medical examination

Required Documentation due by 2:00 PM on June 20, 2025 – must be mailed or hand-delivered (email submissions not accepted):

• Confirmed online application
• Consent and release agreement
• Residency Acknowledgment and Training Reimbursement Acknowledgment
• Copy of high school diploma/GED
• Copy of official college transcripts indicating attainment of 30 credit hours
• Copy of valid driver’s license
• Copy of social security card
• Copy of birth record as proof of citizenship
• Optional Copy of POWER test card – due shortly after passing the written exam. Applicants are encouraged to turn in a copy of this item along with their application
• Copy of Military DD-214 (if applicable)

Mandatory ONLINE Exam:

• This will be an ONLINE Exam...Online registration required...

Candidates must enroll for the mandatory online exam. Exact details regarding the login and password will be provided to eligible candidates at a later date.

All portions of the testing process are mandatory. Failure to successfully complete any portion of the test will result in elimination from employment consideration.