HOW TO APPLY?
In State residents call your local State
Police Office and confirm a test time and
location. Out of state residents call the
Recruiting Division in Santa Fe, New
Mexico.

WHEN?
PHYSICAL AGILITY AND WRITTEN TEST
DATES ARE SET BY EACH STATE
POLICE DISTRICT OFFICE.

WHERE?
State Police District Offices throughout
the State: All numbers area code (505)

District 1	Santa Fe	827-9301
District 2	Las Vegas	425-6771
District 3	Roswell	622-7200
District 4	Carlsbad	885-3138
	Hobbs	392-5588
	Las Cruces	524-6111
District 5	Albuquerque	841-9256
District 6	Gallup	863-9353
	Grants	287-4141
District 7	Espanola	753-2277
	Chama	756-2343
	Taos	758-8878
District 8	Alamogordo	437-1313
District 9	Clovis	763-3426
	Tucumcarl	461-3300
District 10	Farmington	325-7547
District 11	Socorro	835-0741
District 12	Deming	546-3481
	Silver City	388-1542
District 13	Raton	445-0571

Physical agility and written tests are being conducted at the State Police offices throughout the state indefinitely. You will begin the selection process with the physical agility test. If you pass the physical agility you will take the written test on the same day. The written test is a comprehensive reading, writing and mathematics test. There are no law enforcement related questions, and there is no study guide. If you successfully complete the physical agility and written tests, you will be given an Information and application packet from the State Police Officer who tested you. It will be your responsibility to submit the COMPLETED application for "Competitive ExamlPersonal History Statement" to the Recruiting Division In Santa Fe within twenty-one weeks prior to the beginning of the class. You will be Informed by mail or telephone of the status of your application and your next scheduled test date. The next phase will be Initiated upon a successful completion of this phase.


After completion of the background Investigation, you will be scheduled for an oral Interview In Santa Fe. After the oral Interviews are completed, applications will be reviewed by the Chief of the New Mexico State Police, who will make the final selection of applicants. Applicants who have been selected are given a conditional offer of employment on the condition they pass the psychological and medical examinations. Applicants will be notified by telephone of their selection with Information on when and where to report for further testing. The psychological examination given Is a series of tests requiring at least four hours on one day, followed by a one hour Interview with a psychologist scheduled sometime during the remainder of that week. The medical examination will take place on the Saturday of the same week, In Albuquerque. Keep In mind these final three phases are scheduled over a two (2) week consecutive time frame. Upon receiving final results of your medical examination from the University of New Mexico Hospital staff confirming you passed, a certified letter will be sent to you requesting a response from you confirming your acceptance for employment.

To minimize your trips to New Mexico a test date will not be set until your application Is received, reviewed and on file at the New Mexico State Police Training and Recruiting Division, 4491 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505. Upon receipt and review a test date will be set and you will be notified. Three (3) phases of the selection process which are the physical agility, written, and truth verification testing will be done at the Law Enforcement Academy In Santa Fe, within a two day time frame.

The times shown on the chart for 1.5 mile run are not altitude adjusted. Use the guide below to compensate for the altitude in your area:

For your Information you may test at any of the State Police offices throughout the state. The "Application for Competitive Exam/Personal History Statement' is not required at that time. Only the physical agility exam and written examinations will be given at all of the State Police offices. In order for you to participate any further in the selection process, you must submit the "Application for Competitive Exam/Personal History Statement" to the Recruiting Division In Santa Fe. Only upon receipt, review and approval of your application, will you be scheduled for the truth verification testing.