SECURE YOUR FUTURE WHILE SECURING THEIRS.
Ready to bring your experience to a community that backs their blue? We offer a diverse array of special assignment and promotional opportunities including Investigations, Training, Narcotics, Special Response Team, Community Services, on-campus University assignments, and much more. Officers work 12-hour schedules with rotating days off to ensure a healthy work-home balance. Officers have the opportunity to identify their strengths and aspirations and align their careers accordingly.
The Springfield Police Department has a strong relationship with the community, built on a foundation of transparency and mutual respect. We are committed to providing quality service to our community through personal integrity, fairness, open communication and a helpful attitude.
ENJOY THE LIFE YOU WANT
Springfield, Missouri has everything you need.
You can fast-track your career, afford the home you’ve always wanted, shorten your commute, and lose yourself in the natural beauty. One of the major factors attracting people to the Ozarks is the surprisingly low cost of living. With an average home sales price of $161,703, people from across the U.S. are often astonished by the amount of home they can purchase here for a relatively low cost. Whether you’re investing in a home or simply buying groceries, clothing or gas, your money stretches farther here.
COST OF LIVING
One of the major factors attracting people to the Ozarks is the surprisingly low cost of living.
| CATEGORY | SPRINGFIELD vs NATIONAL AVERAGE |
|---|---|
| Overall | -13.8% |
| Housing | -30.9% |
| Groceries | -1.6% |
| Utilities | -11.2% |
DO I QUALIFY?
- Must be a high school graduate or have a G.E.D. AND
- 21 years of age at or before being commissioned
- Additional Requirements:
- U.S. citizen
- Excellent physical condition
- No felony convictions
- No conviction for domestic assault
- No more than one DWI conviction; and no DWI conviction in the past three years
- May not have two (2) moving violations from separate incidents within the past twelve months, or have been at fault in more than one (1) traffic crash/accident during the past twelve (12) months
- Meet vision and hearing standards
- No objectionable tattoos and no head, face or neck tattoos
In addition to the requirements listed above, lateral candidates must possess the following:
- A MO POST Class A license (if candidate does not possess a MO POST Class A license, but possesses law enforcement certification through another state, he/she may participate in the testing process while seeking reciprocity through MO POST), AND
- A minimum of two (2) years full time sworn police experience in any state within the last five (5) years. Police experience must include the primary duties of responding to calls for service, conducting preliminary and/or follow-up investigations of crimes, responding to traffic accidents and apprehending, detaining and arresting suspects.
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UPCOMING TEST DATES
1/23/26 • 2/20/26 • 3/20/26
SALARY RANGE
Full salary scale: $63,128.00-93,246.40
Each year, with a satisfactory evaluation, Officers receive a pay increase.
$10,000 hiring incentive paid after you complete the in-house training academy
Student loan reimbursement $2,500 per year for five years, not to exceed $12,500
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