Police Agencies That Require a
Four-Year College Degree for New Officers

As of August 23, 2006 PACE is aware that the below listed departments require, by policy or practice, a four year college degree for entering officers. (Asterisk  indicates that extensive law enforcement with AA degree or military experience with AA Degree is acceptable in some cases.) Where known, department web site addresses are shown. 

Please send any additions or corrections to loumayo@police-association.org

 Colorado

• Arvada Police Department 
• Boulder Police Department 
• Lakewood Police Department  
• Pueblo Police Department

California

• Redlands Police Department 
• Vallejo

Delaware

• Delaware River and Bay Authority Police Department

Georgia

• Georgia Bureau of Investigation
• Peachtree City Police Department

Illinois

• Elgin Police Department 
• Illinois State Police
• Naperville Police Department
• Palatine Police Department
• Schaumburg Police Department
• Tinley Park Police Department
• Wheaton Police Department
• Willowbrook Police Department
• Wilmette Police Department

Maryland

• Chevy Chase Village

Massachusetts

• Holden Police Department

Michigan

• Bloomfield Township Police Department
• Flint Police Department 
• Flint Township Police Department
• Michigan State University Police and Public Safety
• Milford Police Department
• North Hills Police Department
• Norton Shores Police Department
• Novi City Police Department
• Owosso Police Department

Minnesota

• Burnsville Police Department 
• Eagan City Police Department 
• St. Cloud  

Missouri

• Richmond Heights Police Department

New Jersey

• Cherry Hill Police Department
• Dover Township Police Department
• Eatontown Police Department
• Haddon Township Police Department
• Leonia Police Department
• Mahwah Police Department
• Montvale Police Department
• Montgomery Township Police Department
• Rutgers University

North Carolina

• Gaston County Police Department

North Dakota

• *North Dakota Highway Patrol

Ohio

• Centerville Police Department
• City of Oakwood
• City of Canfield Police Department 
• Cleveland Heights Police Department
• Middleburg Heights Police Department
• Strongsville Police Department

Oklahoma

• Tulsa Police Department

Oregon

• Multnomah County Sheriff's Office

Pennsylvania

• Bethel Park Police Department
• Borough of Gettysburg Police Department 
• Edinboro Police Department 
• Green Tree Borough Police Department
• Mt. Lebanon Police Department
• O’Hara Township Police Department
• Peter's Township Police Department
• Shaler Township
• South Park Township Police Department
• Upper Moreland Police Department

Rhode Island

• Smithfield Police Department

South Carolina

• Charleston City Police Department 
• Richland County Sheriff's Department

Tennessee

• Johnson City Police Department

Texas

• Arlington Police Department 
• Deer Park Police Department
• Highland Park Police Department
• Murphy, TX
• *Plano Police Department
• Sugar Land Police Department
• University Park Police Department  

Wisconsin

• Appleton Police Department
• Langlade County Sheriff's Department
• Platteville Police Department
• Whitefish Bay Police Department

SPECIAL JURISDICTION DEPARTMENTS

• Arizona Game & Fish Department - Law Enforcement
• Bergen County, New Jersey,  Prosecutor's Investigators
• Burlington County, New Jersey, Prosecutor's Police
• Cook County (IL) State's Attorney
• Hudson County, New Jersey, Prosecutor's Investigators
• California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
• Colorado Department of Conservation/Wildlife 
• Delaware River and Bay Authority Police Department
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources
• Missouri Department of Conservation - Law Enforcement
• Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Law Enforcement Division
• South Carolina Department of Natural Resources/ Law Enforcement Division
• Tennessee Bureau of Investigations
• Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Law Enforcement
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement 
• Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
• Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
• *West Virginia State Department of Natural Resources