Employment

The Huntington Police Department is always interested in high quality police applicants.  We test approximately every 2 years, in accordance with West Virginia civil service law, and hire from that list of applicants until either we exhaust the list or it expires.  We are currently hiring from a test given on November 15, 2007, and are not accepting applications at this time.

Applicants undergo written and physical agility tests, medical and psychological screening, and a thorough background investigation before being sent to the WV State Police Academy for 16 weeks of basic training.  This is followed by another 8 weeks of field training here at HPD.  New hires have a one year probationary period.

The Huntington Police Department only takes applications in the 6 months prior to a hiring test, and applications are available at the city clerk’s office in city hall during that time.  When we are ready to start taking applications again, we advertise for 6 months prior through all local media outlets.