APD Lateral Applicants

Page updated on June 28, 2024 at 8:50 AM
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Lateral Applicants

We are actively hiring police officers with prior law enforcement experience to join the Department as lateral law enforcement officers. We offer many benefits, including a $10,000 hiring bonus, a competitive salary, a generous defined benefit retirement/pension plan, and competitive annual leave.

Virginia Certified Law Enforcement

Have you graduated from a Virginia DCJS-certified academy, completed your Field Training, and are looking for a new opportunity? Then we are the place for you!

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Currently employed as a Virginia law enforcement
    officer, or employed within the last two years

  • Left former agency in good standing​

Virginia DCJS certified officers can:

  • Skip the written test on the hiring process

  • Receive a $10,000 hiring bonus

    • $5,000 on hire date

    • $5,000 at the completion of FTO

  • Be placed at the salary step matching your years
    of prior relevant service

  • Skip a second academy

  • Be on patrol in Alexandria in just a few months

If you meet the above criteria, contact our recruiter, Officer Shakita Warren, to start the application process. 

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Out-of-state certified law enforcement

Are you a certified law enforcement officer outside of Virginia and looking for a new opportunity? Then we are the place for you!

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Currently employed as a law enforcement officer, or employed within the last two years

  • Have at least 3 consecutive years of sworn law enforcement service

  • Left former agency in good standing

Out-of-State certified officers can:

  • Skip the written test on the hiring process

  • Be placed at the salary step matching your years of prior relevant service for the first five (5) years of prior relevant experience; for every additional two-and-a-half (2.5) years of relevant experience, applicants will receive an additional step on the pay scale

  • Receive a $5,000 hiring bonus

    • $2,500 on the hire date

    • $2,500 at the completion of FTO

  • Attend an abbreviated, relaxed Virginia DCJS-approved academy

  • Be on patrol in Alexandria in just a few months

If you meet the above criteria, contact our recruiter, Officer Shakita Warren, to start the application process.