Employment Opportunities

How to Join The Fargo Police Department

A career in a community oriented law enforcement agency can be yours if you want a job that offers: challenge, excitement, variety, teamwork and job satisfaction, opportunities for special assignments and career development, opportunities for promotion, outstanding benefit package including health and dental coverage and an excellent retirement program.     


We encourage all qualified men and women to apply. If you are interested in joining one of the top law enforcement agencies in the nation, please complete the following process:

  1. Download the hiring packet:
    Cover Letter
    Applicant Handbook  
    Frontline background information
    Background Investigation Packet
    Applicant Checklist

    You may also request a hiring packet to be mailed to you.
     
  2. Sign-up for the Entrance Exam, contact Shaun Crowell in Human Resources.

  3. Bring your Background Investigation packet and payment($25.00 payable to the Fargo Police Department) for testing to the entrance exam, which is at the City of Fargo Public Safety Building at 4630 15th Ave. N.   

Officer Candidate Selection Process--Minimum Standards

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Veteran's Preference
Veterans of the United States Armed Forces that are North Dakota residents may be eligible to receive veteran's preference upon written request. Requests should be sent to Human Resources at the address below.

"Veteran" means a North Dakota resident who is a wartime veteran as defined in subsection 2 of section 37-01-40 of the North Dakota Century Code.


For more information contact:
Shaun Crowell, PHR
Human Resources Generalist
701-241-8162
scrowell@cityoffargo.com

This is not a contact for reporting concerns to the Police Department.
 If you need to contact the Police Department call 701-235-4493.

The Fargo Police Department does not send applicants to the Police Academy. It is the applicants responsibility to complete that training on their own.

 

2009 testing dates:          

Sept 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Fargo, ND at the City of Fargo Public Safety Building.

         Deadline to register for the September 14, 2009 entrance exam is September 4, 2009

 

Physical Fitness Testing

When: July 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

Where: Fargo South High School Sports Arena, 2001 17th Ave. S. Fargo, ND

Who can test: Applicants that have passed the June entrance exam.

In order to take the Physical Fitness Test applicants must have the Physical Fitness Assessment Form signed by a physician otherwise they will not be allowed to take the test.

Physical Fitness Assessment Form  

 

Internships: The Fargo Police Department offers internships to college students on an ongoing basis.

Law Enforcement Academy: Lake Region State College is now taking applications for students in its Peace Officer Training course.  For more information, contact Lloyd Halvorson, director of peace officer training, at 1-800-443-1313 or 701-662-1526, or send an e-mail to Lloyd.Halvorson@lrsc.nodak.edu.