| Trooper Qualifications |
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| Minimum Qualifications |
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- United States Citizen.
- Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Twenty-one years of age or older upon appointment.
- Possess and maintain a valid license to operate a motor vehicle.
- Applicants must be in good health and good moral character.
- Meet all applicable medical and physical requirements.
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| Additional Qualifiers |
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An application will not be processed for any of the below listed reasons. The applicant will be notified by correspondence indicating a file will not be opened unless the applicant provides mitigating information regarding one or more of the below listed reasons.
- A felony conviction under state or federal law.
- A misdemeanor conviction relating to sex crimes, crimes against persons, drugs, fraud, or moral turpitude.
- Other misdemeanor conviction within the last five years.
- Conviction for minor in possession of an alcoholic beverage within the last three years.
- Conviction of a major traffic offense or a DUII diversion within the last five years.
- Revocation of driving privileges or a felony or misdemeanor operator's license suspension within the last five years.
- Three or more hazardous traffic violation convictions within the last two years.
- Careless driving conviction within the last three years.
- Conviction for an open container of an alcoholic beverage within the last three years.
- Conviction of a Class A traffic infraction within the last three years.
- Five or more traffic violation convictions, including suspensions, within the last three years.
- Operator's license infraction suspension within the last three years.
- Possession, sale, distribution, manufacture, or use of an illegal drug within the last ten years.
- Personal use of marijuana within the last three years.
- Any less than Honorable discharge from a branch of the Armed Forces.
- An arrest record in any law enforcement database.
- No valid operators license.
Each applicant must be of good moral fitness (moral character). The following are indications of a lack of good moral fitness.
- Illegal conduct involving moral turpitude.
- Conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.
- Intentional deception or fraud or attempted deception, or fraud in any application, examination, or other document.
- Conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.
- Acts or conduct which would cause a reasonable person to have substantial doubts about the individual's honesty, fairness, respect for the rights of others, or for the laws of the state and/or the nation.
- Conduct that adversely reflects on the individual's fitness to perform as a law enforcement officer.
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