Bartlett, IL Certified Eligible Lateral Police Officer Job Application

Description

• $35.00 non-refundable application fee.
• The Certified Eligible Lateral Police Officer process is limited to persons who are currently fulltime sworn officers of a regularly-constituted police department in any municipality, county, university, or State law enforcement agency, provided they have been certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. To qualify for this Register, these applicants must also: (1) be in good standing with his/her current law enforcement agency; (2) have served at least one year with that law enforcement agency beyond the completion of his/her probationary period; (3) possess skills and abilities that are substantially equivalent to those possessed by a non-probationary Village of Bartlett police officer; and (4) possess all of the police officer minimum qualifications.
• Body piercing, other than ear piercing, must not be visible. Intentional branding and/or scarring are PROHIBITED and MAY NOT be covered with bandages, make-up or additional clothing while wearing a short-sleeved uniform. Restrictions are also in place for hair styles, facial hair, and any facial modifications that deviate from conventional anatomical features such as earlobe gauges, sub-dermal implants, tongue piercing, etc.
• Visible tattoos are permitted except on the head, neck, face, ears, fingers and hands. Lower arm tattoos may extend down no further than a line around the circumference of the wrist measured at the wrist bone (the prominent head of the ulna as it meets the wrist below the litter finder). Tattoos that are prejudicial to good order and discipline, or that of a nature to bring discredit upon law enforcement, are prohibited. Examples include, but are not limited to, tattoos that are drug-related, gang-related, extremists, obscene or indecent, sexist, or racist. Prospective employees shall provide information on all their tattoos to include the location and the nature of the tattoos. The Chief of Police or his/her designees will make the final determination, in accordance with Department policy, as to whether an applicants’ tattoo(s) complies with Department policy.  
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens at time of the application. 
• Every applicant must be of good moral character, and physically and psychologically able to perform the essential job functions of the applied for position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Applicants must possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license at time of hire.
• Applicants must be at least 21 years of age at the time of their original appointment and have not reached their 35th birthday as of the last date that the applications are due. Applicants will be exempt from the age-35 hiring requirements as permitted by 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6(a) & (d) and 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-14, as those statutory Sections may be amended from time to time.
• Applicants must be legally capable of obtaining an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card.
• No residency requirement.
• Previous Bartlett Police Department applicants are eligible to re-apply.