Step 1:
Completion of Wilmington Police Department Application Packet
Step 2:
Written Test and Job Related Physical Abilities Test
Step 3:
Behavioral Personnel Assessment Device (B-PAD)(see below)
Step 4:
Preliminary Background ( Driver's History, Criminal History, AOC, Credit History )
Step 5:
Interview Board
Steps 6-9 are completed after a conditional job offer has been given

Step 6: Polygraph

Step 7-9: Thorough Background, Psychological Evaluation, Medical/Drug Screening

After an application packet is submitted to the City of Wilmington Human Resources Department it will be forwarded to the Wilmington Police Department Professional Development Unit.  Applicants will be contacted to attend the Written and Physical Testing once the application has been reviewed.

The Written Testing will consist of four sections:  Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, and Incident Report Writing.  Applicants must achieve an average score of at least 70% to continue in the hiring process.

The Physical Abilities Test is outlined below and must be completed in 7 minutes 20 seconds or less to continue in the hiring process. Applicants will be given three attempts pass the test.                        

• Run 200 yards
• Step up on a step box 20 times
• 15 Push Ups
• 15 Sit Ups
• Step up on a step box 20 times
• 15 Push Ups
• 15 Sit Ups
• Run 200 yards

What is the B-PAD?  The Behavioral Personnel Assessment Device (B-PAD) - Candidates watch a series of professionally acted and produced video simulations, then  respond verbally as if they were at the scene. Responses are videotaped and scored using validated criteria.

For more information contact Officer Myron Irving.