Trooper Information |
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Special Career Opportunities |
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- Aircraft Pilot
- Criminal Detective
- Bomb Tech
- Instructor
- Motorcycle Trooper
- Polygraph Detective
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- Arson Investigator
- Honor Guard
- Fish/Wildlife Trooper
- Management positions
- Patrol Trooper
- S.W.A.T.
- Homeland Security Detective
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- Dignitary Protection
- Tribal Gaming/Lottery Detective
- Mobile Response Team
- Drug Detection K-9's
- Narcotics Detective
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Duties and Responsibilities: |
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- Enforcement of all criminal, fish and wildlife, and motor vehicle laws.
- Investigation of crimes, fish and wildlife violations, and motor vehicle accidents.
- Provide police services which are fair and impartial to all citizens.
- Preserve the peace.
- Prevention and detection of crime.
- Coordination of police activities with all criminal justice agencies.
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Working Conditions: |
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- Make enforcement contacts with the public with some risk to their safety and are required to respond to a variety of emergency situations, some of which may be life-threatening in nature.
- Work varied hours of the day or night, weekends, holidays, and during inclement weather and on difficult terrain.
- Subject to call-back to duty in case of emergencies, court, etc.
- Maintain a level of physical fitness in order to perform duties under any conditions.
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Next Testing Date |
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- Applications are being accepted to build a sufficient applicant pool for future hiring.
- Applicants will be notified by mail of the exact test date.
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