Requirements:
- United States citizenship
- Valid driver’s license
- Current licensed police officer with the Minnesota POST Board, or eligible for licensing upon date of hire
- Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply
Training process:
Your career as a Metro Transit Police Officer begins with classroom learning about police work, as well as the Metro Transit system. After that, you’ll be assigned to a Field Training Officer and spend four months being evaluated by different FTOs.
Upon successfully completing field training, you’ll be assigned to a patrol area. After your 12-month probationary period ends, you’ll be able to then bid patrol assignments based on seniority.
Applying from Out of State or with Military or Federal Experience?
Already have peace officer experience in another state, have military or federal law enforcement experience and have been working in law enforcement within the past six years? You may be eligible to take the Minnesota Reciprocity Licensing Exam without additional schooling.
Qualifications for taking the reciprocity exam are:
- Complete basic police training in another state or federal law enforcement, and either:
- A post-secondary degree and three years of experience working as an officer, or
- Five years of peace officer experience,
- OR -
Meet the requirements for military reciprocity which are:
- Have four years of cumulative experience in a law enforcement occupational specialty, or
- Possess a post-secondary from a regionally accredited school and have at least two years cumulative experience in a law enforcement occupational specialty.
Learn more about how to become a professional peace officer in Minnesota (MN POST Board)
Costs to become licensed in Minnesota:
- Peace officer exam fee: $105
- Peace officer license fee: $90
Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit does not pay these fees for applicants.
- Resources & Forms (MN POST Board)
Want to Start as a Community Service Officer (CSO)?
No law enforcement experience or degree? Metro Transit’s CSO Pathway Program is the first step on a path toward a career in law enforcement.
Get hired as a non-sworn, uniformed CSO. You will get paid with benefits and serve the community while gaining real-world experience alongside MTPD officers.
Program highlights:
- Earn 12+ college credits at no cost
- No experience or college degree required
- Build a path to a rewarding law enforcement career
Eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Learn more about the CSO Pathway Program