- Physical Agility Test
- Oral Selection Board Interview
- Conditional Offer of Employment
- Polygraph Examination
- Psychological Examination
- Medical and Drug Screening
- Thorough Background Investigation
- Final Offer of Employment
Application for Employment
Paulding County Applicant Information
***Please do not call about the status of your application.
Disqualifiers and Prerequisites:
General
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Be of good moral character
- Must posses a valid driver’s License
- Must posses a high school diploma from a SACS accredited school or a GED
- No unnatural tattoos/branding about the face; no tattoos/body art, etc. depicting:
- sexually explicit images or nudity
- profanity
- gender, racial, religious, ethnic, or national origin discrimination
- gang affiliation, racial supremacy, or extremist groups
- drug use
- Good POST Standing with no pending POST investigation
Criminal
- No more than 3 arrests within the last 5 years
- No felony offenses
- No misdemeanor offenses of aggravated nature or related to public order or decency or enough to establish a pattern of disregard for the law
- No Family Violence Offenses
- No more than two misdemeanor offenses
- Cannot Currently be on Probation
Traffic
- No Driving Under the Influence (DUI) convictions within the last 5 years
- No Excessive Citations
- No homicide by vehicle, habitual violator, fleeing/attempting to elude, or hit and run
Drugs
- No marijuana or THC use in the last 2 years
- No elicit drug use in the last 5 years