Full Notification

  Do you have a strong desire to build positive relationships in a diverse community?  Are you, or someone you know, interested in a rewarding and challenging career in law enforcement?  If you answered yes to both these questions and have the uncanny ability to maintain your composure when the pressure is on, then you might have what it takes to become a Berkeley Police Officer.

The Berkeley Police Personnel & Training Bureau, along with the Human Resources Department are accepting online applications for Police Officer (Entry-Level, Academy Graduate & Lateral). Included is the link to the City’s Human Resources page below for more information. The deadline for the Police Officer Recruit position is 5:00pm on April 23, 2018.  Salary for Academy Recruits is $6,650 per month (which goes up to $7,891 monthly upon successful completion of the Academy and Field Training) plus incentives.

We are continuously accepting applications for Police Officer Lateral Positions and unaffiliated Academy Graduates. 

For more information about pursuing job opportunities with the Berkeley Police Department please use the attached links.  The first link takes you to the City's Human Resources Department where you may apply for Police Officer Recruit Positions, and Police Officer Lateral positions.  The second link takes you to the Department’s Hiring page where additional information is available on minimum qualifications, the hiring, testing, and backgrounding processes. 

If after visiting our websites you still have questions, you may contact our Personnel and Training Bureau at (510) 981-5977.

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/berkeley/default.cfm

http://www.cityofberkeley.info/Police/Recruitment/BPD_Recruitment.aspx