Clifton Heights Borough Police Department is hiring; tests slated for Dec. 18
The Borough of Clifton Heights Police Department is hiring, and the department has announced how you can go about joining the “thin blue line.” The first step includes a test!
The BCHPD recently posted that the Civil Service Commission for the Borough of Clifton Heights will be accepting new applications for the role of police patrol officer. However, you must first pass the trio of exams. To become an officer, interested persons must successfully complete a physical fitness, written, and oral series of tests.
“The Commission will hold a physical agility test on Dec. 18, at the Delaware County Municipal Police Academy located on the campus of Delaware County Community College, 901 Media Line Road, in Marple Township, Pa. at 9 a.m.,” said the BCHPD Facebook post on Nov. 19. The post explained that the physical portion of the testing is “for the purpose of applicants to qualify for appointment to the rank of police officer in the Borough of Clifton Heights.”
To proceed onto the second and third exams, interested applicants must first be successful in the physical portion.
“Applicants who pass the physical agility test will progress to the written examination,” explained the Department’s post.
For those that qualify by passing the physical portions, there will be a written portion just after. At noon, the written test will take place at the same Academy at the same college.
Tests are not the only qualifying steps to becoming a police officer in Clifton Heights.
According to the department, those interested must also:
- Be at least 21 years of age at the time of application
- Possess a high school diploma or GED equivalent
- Be an American citizen
- Have a valid driver’s license in Pennsylvania
- Have ACT 120 certification
- Live in or move within a 20-mile radius of Borough Hall after a probationary period
“The applicant must pass the physical agility test on the date given prior to moving to the written and oral test stages of the appointment process,” said the Department’s announcement. “The Clifton Heights Civil Service Commission will administer a written exam with a required 70% or greater result to move on to the oral exam.”
From there, the department only accepts the best of the group to go on.
“Only the top ten scoring applicants will participate in the oral testing process,” said the post. “An oral test will be administered by The Clifton Heights Borough Civil Service Commission or its designees, requiring a result of 70% or greater to continue in the appointment process.”
For the applicants that qualify, the testing is not over. To go on in the process, the exams continue.
“When an applicant receives a conditional offer of employment, they must undergo a psychological, physical (including drug test), polygraph and background examinations,” said the announcement. “The cost of these examinations will be borne by the Borough of Clifton Heights.”
To be considered, an applicant must clear all required hurdles, which is not an easy feat.
“Any applicant failing any one component of the examinations will be disqualified from any further consideration for employment,” said the post.
Applications are available at the Clifton Heights Police Department located at 30 S. Springfield Road in Clifton Heights Borough. Applicants can also find them online www.cliftonheightspolice.com.
“An application must be fully completed and delivered by the applicant in person with a government-issued photo ID no later than Dec. 15, 2025, to the Clifton Heights Police Department. Applications will be accepted Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no application fee for the applicant.
