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Police Officer (Lateral/Waiver)
City of Scottsdale, AZScottsdale, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 28 Jul 2026
💰 $104,960/yr($78,340/yr – $104,960/yr)
About the role
Posting number: FY2627-00106
Department: Patrol Bureau
Division: Patrol Services
Job classification: POLICE OFFICER
Posting type: Open
Categories: Law Enforcement
Summary
Located in the beautiful Sonoran Desert, Scottsdale, Arizona is bordered by Phoenix to the west and the McDowell Mountains on the east. Scottsdale is annually rated among the nation's most desirable communities to live in, visit and do business in. Check out more about
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NOTE: This recruitment is open to individuals who meet the definition of Police Officer Lateral or Police Officer Waiver (see below).
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NOTE: This recruitment is open to individuals who meet the definition of Police Officer Lateral or Police Officer Waiver (see below).
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Candidates with prior law enforcement experience are eligible to receive 5% for each year of service up to 30%.
About The Position:
City of Scottsdale Police Officers are responsible for protecting life and property, preventing, deterring and investigating crime, enforcing laws and responding to citizen requests through the use of community policing strategies to engage and educate the community.
A Police Officer Lateral is someone who has current Arizona P.O.S.T. Peace Officer Certification.
A Police Officer Waiver is an individual who has served honorably as a peace officer in Arizona and whose certified status has lapsed, or a person who has functioned in the capacity of a peace officer for another state or a federal law enforcement agency, may be eligible to gain AZPOST certification through Waiver Testing in lieu of attending an Arizona peace officer basic course at an academy.
To be eligible, a person must:
- Have previously served as a certified peace officer in Arizona, another state, or federal agency.
- Have completed basic and advanced training that demonstrates substantial comparability to the Arizona basic course.
- Obtain an appointment from an Arizona Law Enforcement Agency.
- Meet all of the minimum qualifications for certification as an Arizona Peace Officer as outlined in Arizona Administrative Code Rule R13-4-105.
At a minimum, substantial comparability is determined as follows:
- If a person has graduated from a state approved POST basic training academy and has at least one year of experience as a POST academy certified peace officer, they meet the substantial comparability standard.
If a person does not meet the substantial comparability as listed in #1 above, then an actual training and experience comparison to Arizona’s basic training will need to be conducted to determine if the applicant qualifies for the waiver process.
Applicant eligibility for the waiver (or out-of-state certified police officers) program will be determined during the background process.
_________________________________________________________________________________________Please Note:
- Be sure to check your email junk/spam folders regularly for possible notifications and/or self-schedule interview invitations from Governmentjobs.
IMPORTANT: Please review the current Scottsdale Police Grooming Standards before submitting your application.
The application and supplemental questions are an integral part of the selection process, and must be completed in full in order for you to be considered as a candidate. Please complete each section and answer all questions as thoroughly as possible. DO NOT state "See resume" in lieu of answering. Unanswered questions, incomplete responses, omissions, or partial information may result in disqualification from the selection process.
Applications will be reviewed bi-monthly.
There will be a physical assessment included in the selection process for this position. The assessment will be conducted on various dates throughout the recruitment process. For more information on the selection process, please check the Scottsdale Police Department's website at http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/police/join-scottsdale-pd/police-officer
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