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• Newly hired officers will be assigned to the Patrol Division. The Patrol Division works a 12-hour schedule with four days on and four days off.  The standard work year is 2,184 hours. Two patrol platoons work rotating schedules, one works permanent day shifts and one works permanent night shifts.
• There is no prescribed residency requirement for Police Department employees. Officers are able to live within whatever commuting distance they find tolerable.
• Applicants do not need to be MN POST licensed to submit an employment application. An applicant must be eligible to be licensed as a police officer in Minnesota no later than 30 days after date of hire. 
• Applicants who are licensed as police officers in other states or who have served as military police for five years or more may be eligible to take the MN POST license reciprocity examination.
• We recommend that you check with the MN POST Board for details concerning license eligibility and reciprocity issues.
  
  

The Police Agility Test must be completed in four minutes or less. View information on the physical control machine/simulator used in the test. 

For questions about initial training, work schedules, specialty assignments, etc., please contact the Police Department Staff Development Unit:

• Phone: (507) 328-6896
• Email: rpdjobs@rochestermn.gov

For questions regarding the application process, employee benefits, hiring schedules, etc., please contact our Human Resources Department:

• Phone: (507) 328-2555
• Email: humanresources@rochestermn.gov