Law Enforcement Highway Patrol Officer

Job Posting Title

Law Enforcement Highway Patrol Officer

Agency

585 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Supervisory Organization

Dept. of Public Safety

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

September 02, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Annual Base Salary: $56,562.79
Annual Uniform Allowance: $1,200.00
Annual Shift Differential: $600 (applied after completion of Field Trooper Training)

Job Description

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officers are assigned responsibilities involving law enforcement duties in the Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety. This includes conducting patrols on roads and highways in an assigned area or district to enforce motor vehicle, criminal and other laws and safeguard citizens and property, apprehend violators and provide assistance to the general public.

Applications are now being accepted for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) 75th TRADITIONAL Academy. No prior law enforcement experience is required.

THIS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE 75TH LATERAL ACADEMY

As a division of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS), OHP is a multi-service law enforcement organization, providing safety and protection on Oklahoma highways.

To learn more about OHP visit oklahoma.gov/dps/careers/join-the-ohp.

Announcement Opened: Thursday, July 31, 2025

Application Deadline:  Monday, September 1, 2025 @ 11:59 pm

Academy Start Date: Monday, February 9, 2026

LOCATION

Upon graduation employees may be assigned to any county in the State depending on the needs of the Agency.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Be a citizen of the United States.

• Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age but less than forty-six (46).

• Satisfy the education requirements outlined below.

• Register, pay a fee and successfully pass the Peace Officer Screening and Selection Exam (POSSE).

• Create a personal account on the Guardian Alliance website. DPS HR will email qualified candidates an invitation to complete their profile in Guardian.

• Applicant must successfully pass the following:

  • physical agility test

  • polygraph examination

  • background investigation

  • board interviews

  • psychological testing

  • medical/physical examinations, including drug screening

• Employees are required to serve an initial 12-month probationary period.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Upon graduation from OHP Academy, graduates will receive their CLEET commission.  Prior to receiving a commission, all such appointees shall possess an associate degree or a minimum of sixty-two (62) successfully completed semester hours from an accredited college or university as denoted by the U.S. Department of Education. Prior years of military or law enforcement service shall qualify as a substitute for the educational requirement, up to a maximum of thirty (30) semester hours, for any combination of the following:

• ten (10) semester hours for each year of honorable service in any active military or reserve military service, or

• ten (10) semester hours for each year the appointee worked as a paid, full-time, CLEET-certified law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency within the State of Oklahoma, or

• ten (10) semester hours for each year the appointee worked as a paid, full-time sworn law enforcement officer certified by a state peace officer standards and training agency as a peace officer in another state, or any officer who has been certified as a federal peace officer by a CLEET-recognized law enforcement agency.

DPS has partnered with OSU-OKC to give OHP Academy graduates the opportunity to receive 39 hours of college credit.

Visit https://osuokc.edu/ohp to learn more.

Eligibility requirements can be found at 47 Oklahoma Statute