Employment Information

The Selection Process for Employing Webster Police Officers New Hires and Lateral Transfers:

New Hires:

The Webster Police Department utilizes a two-step process for selecting individuals to be hired as police officers.

Step One

• Apply for and take the Monroe County Civil Service police officer entrance examination. Passing the exam is not enough, you must score high enough (typically in the 100 to 90 percentage range) to be considered for employment.
   
• A Physical Agility Test is given to the top candidates on the Civil Service List.
   
• An Eligibility List is prepared with those candidates who have successfully completed the Physically Agility Test. The Webster Police Department utilizes a Residential Eligibility List only.  To be included on this list,  the candidate must be a Webster resident for 30 days prior to the list being requested by the appointing authority.
   

Step Two

Once positions open within the Department the second step of the selection process begins:
 

• Canvass letters are sent to the top candidates on the Residential Eligibility List.
• Formal Interviews are conducted with the Police Chief, Operations and Administration Commanders.
• An Employment Application and Background Questionnaire are completed by those candidates selected to continue in the employment process.
• A review of completed Background Questionnaires is completed and a full Background Investigation begins on successful candidates. The Background Investigation includes, but is not limited to the following:
  • Criminal History Check
  • Credit Check
  • Reference Check

  • Employment Verification
     

• Once the Background Investigation has been completed and reviewed, successful candidates are interviewed by the Town Board.

• Upon successful completion of the interview process, successful candidates may be given a conditional offer of employment.

• Once the medical and psychological exams have been successfully completed, the candidates will be sworn in as Police Officers of the Webster Police Department.
   

Newly hired Police Officers must successfully complete the 26 week New York State Basic Police Officers Basic Training Academy ( based upon current New York State, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Bureau of Municipal Police Training Council guidelines). The Department also requires successful completion of a minimum 14 week  Field Training Officer program. The candidate must also successfully complete an  eighteen  (18) month probationary period. Once all these conditions have been met, the Police Officer will be appointed as a permanent, full-time Police Officer.

Applicant Qualifications
The Town of Webster periodically seeks candidates to take the Police Officer's Civil Service Examination.  Interested applicants must:

• have a high school diploma or GED,

• be 19 years at the date of the exam and 20 years old at the date of appointment,

• be a U.S. Citizen,

• be a licensed driver with good driving record,

• be in good physical condition,

• have no felony convictions.
   

Interested applicants should check with the Monroe County Regional Civil Service Commission for the examination date and the last date to file to take the examination.

Applications for the examinations may be obtained from: 

Lateral Transfers:

If you are currently employed as a New York State certified full time Police Officer with a Permanent Civil Service classification, and you are interested in employment with the Webster Police Department, you may be eligible to be hired as a lateral transfer. To be eligible you must:

• Have a clean service record
• Have been hired from a valid New York State Civil Service List
• Have successfully completed the Municipal Police Training Council Basic Academy
• Successfully complete one year of probation with your current employer

The Webster Police Department looks for the following qualifications in a lateral transfer police officer; five years or less in the New York State Police and Fire Retirement system, a resident of or willing to move to the Town of Webster, a minimum of an associate’s degree preferably in the criminal justice curriculum. Military experience and a recommendation by a current departmental member are helpful.

If you are interested in being considered as a lateral transfer police officer to the Webster Police Department please forward a resume to the attention of:              

                                           Chief Gerald L. Pickering

                                           Webster Police Department

                                           1000 Ridge Road   

                                           Webster, NY 14580

 Please note:

Based on an Opinion rendered by the New York State Department of Civil Service the Webster Police Department is unable to accept lateral transfers from the following category of police officers:

• S.U.N.Y. Police Officers
• New York State Troopers
• New York City Police Officers
   

Sworn personnel from these categories are still eligible to take the Civil Service Entrance Examination and continue with the selection process.
 

The Webster Police Department is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage women and minorities to apply for employment.