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“The goal is to get as
many Toledo Residents as possible,” said Sgt Mike Kurjan in
a recent discussion with The Truth. “So we have set up as
many testing locations as possible, such as at St. Francis
High School and the MLK Plaza at the train station.”
The benefits of serving as
a Toledo police officer are many: over $65,000 pay after 36
months; retirement pension, tuition reimbursement,
opportunities for advancement; among others.
The current recruiters are
Kurjan and Officers Geoffrey McLendon and Stephen Bates.
Their task is to grow the pool of applicants in order to
fill a class of 31 for next August and for a second class
shortly thereafter.
Kurjan, McLendon and Bates
signed up for recruitment duty in September – all from
street duty – and will return to the streets in January.
Their recruitment assignment enables the department to bring
in new ideas and approaches from their previous assignments
and interactions with the public.
The deadline to apply for
the 2021 class is December 31, 2020. The deadline means that
the written test must be completed as well as application
forms. That information can be found at TPDHIRE.COM.
In previous times, the
testing location was only at Owens Community College, a
Perrysburg site that is obviously not easily accessible to
all Toledoans. The test also came with a cost for applicants
of $55 because it is a contracted standardized test, used
throughout the country. However, Toledoans showing a proof
of city residency, will have the fee waived.
Applicants should be
between the ages of 20 and 39 but for younger aspirants
there is the Police Explorer Program for ages 14 to 21 if
they have to wait for a period after high school.
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