State College Police Department

The State College Borough will be accepting applications for police testing, to join the State College Police Department (SCPD), starting on Monday, October 26, 2026. The 2027 available testing dates are: State College Municipal Building 243 South Allen Street, State College, PA 16801 All Purpose Room-Second Floor . Sunday, January 10, 2027 at 10:00 AM . Tuesday, January 12, 2027 at 6:00 PM . Thursday, January 21, 2027 at 1:00 PM If you have an interest in helping people in need and protecting and serving a community, you are encouraged to consider an exciting and rewarding career as a State College Police Officer. The SCPD is a professional, progressive, state-accredited police department which values and cares about our employees and the diversity of our community. State College, along with the other Centre County communities, is a great area to have a high-quality of life and raise a family. The Borough of State College is home to The Pennsylvania State University (PSU). Being the host community to a major university allows all who live, work, and visit State College to enjoy and celebrate a culturally diverse, vibrant, and caring community. In addition to the diversity, the State College community has a very young population with 70% of the State College Borough population being between 18 and 24 years of age. Our community is also a "destination town" with approximately 2 million guests visiting each year for special events such as home PSU football games and the Central PA Festival of the Arts held each July. All of this makes for a unique, exciting and enjoyable community to police. The SCPD is looking for those with a diverse background that have a keen interest in law enforcement and who are trustworthy, dependable, adaptable, and courteous, communicate effectively, enjoy problem-solving and helping others, can be both a team player and work independently as the circumstances dictate, and would enjoy an exciting and rewarding challenge. I've highlighted below some important information on our Police Officer Schedule/Benefits. SC Patrol Officers work 12 hr. shifts . 7a-7p or 7p-7A . Mon ,Tue, Off, Off, Fri, Sat, Sun . Off, Off, Wed, Thurs, Off, Off, Off 2027 Starting Base Salary . $29.44/hr. in Academy . $38.80/hr. on FTO . $41.38 - 1st Year after FTO . Over $102,000/year after 4 years Medical - Dental - Vision Tuition Assistance 112 holiday hours / year Start with 24 hrs. Vacation hours/year up to 192 hrs./year after 20 yrs. Registration for police testing with our agency will end on Friday, December 18, 2026. To register by the deadline, go to the following link: https://www.statecollegepa.us/428/Police-Testing State College Borough is an equal opportunity employer (E.O.E.)