Become a Real Beverly Hills Cop

Entry Level Requirements (candidates without prior law enforcement experience or candidates who are employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State of California)

• A.A. degree or 45 college units at the time of testing and the commitment to complete the A.A. degree or 60 units during the eighteen month probationary period. Proof of education must be submitted when applying and the probationary period will not be extended in order to meet this qualification. 
• Twenty-one years of age before written examination date 
• United States citizenship
• Valid California driver's license at the time of appointment

Examination Components. Entry-level police officer candidates must pass a written examination, oral interview, polygraph examination, background investigation and a physical agility test, along with medical and psychological examinations.

Academy Graduate Requirements (candidates having a Certificate of Completion, within the past two years, from a California POST-approved Basic Law Enforcement Academy)

Examination Components.  Academy Graduates must pass an oral interview, polygraph examination, background investigation and a physical agility test, along with medical and psychological examinations.  The written examination is waived for Academy Graduate candidates.

Lateral Police Officer Requirements (candidates with a minimum of one year of current satisfactory employment as a sworn officer in a municipal, county or state police department in the State of California who possess a valid California Basic POST Certificate)

Examination Components. All lateral police officer candidates must pass an oral interview, polygraph examination, background investigation and a physical agility test, along with medical and psychological examinations.

For a list of currently open job positions within the City of Beverly Hills, please click here.

If you are interested in a position which is not being recruited at this time, please complete and submit a 'Job Notification Form'. Click here to access the form. Your information will remain in our database for six months and as soon as a recruitment for the position you are interested in is opened, you will receive an automatic email instructing you to submit an application.