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Requirements to File

  • U.S. high school graduate or G.E.D. equivalency.
  • Twenty and a half years of age or older
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.
  • Cannot be on court-ordered probation No felony convictions.
  • Have vision correctable to 20/20.
  • Have no physical or mental limitations that might prevent the completion of any duty assignment.


Three-panel photo: left, a line of bicycle officers with a close-up showing a "Long Beach Police" shoulder patch; center, a police motorcycle with flashing blue lights and an officer talking with a driver at a stopped car; right, a portrait of a smiling uniformed female officer wearing a badge and nameplate