LATERAL-ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICER

TRAINING REQUIREMENT

To qualify for Lateral-Entry, applicants must have successfully completed a police academy which qualifies for the Honolulu Police Department Basic Course Waiver (BCW). To qualify for the BCW, the following is required:​
  1. Successful completion of a 200 hour minimum general law enforcement basic training within the United States; AND
  2. Successful completion of 664 hours of general law enforcement training. The 664-hours training requirement may include the applicant's basic course. 
*Officers who have a valid California POST certificate or valid California POST equivalency certificate automatically qualify. 

Note: Applicants will be required to submit photocopies of specific proof of training documents after their application has been screened, but prior to being invited to take the written exam.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT

To qualify for Lateral-Entry, applicants must meet all of the following at the time of application:
  • Currently employed as a commissioned/sworn law enforcement officer in full-duty status at a municipal, city, county or state law enforcement agency which is recognized by the Honolulu Police Department as performing equivalent duties.
  • Two (2) years of post-academy experience with current employer performing ALL of the following tasks:
    • ​Patrolling a geographical area
    • Responding to the full range of requests for police services including response to 911 emergency and non-emergency calls for service at residences, private properties, commercial establishments and government properties.
    • Performing enforcement actions on the full-range of law violations.
    • Conducting investigations of criminal activity that includes a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, and motor vehicle accidents/collisions .​
Unfortunately, due to the training and experience requirements listed above, the following do not qualify for Lateral-Entry:
  • Federal Law Enforcement
  • Military Police
  • State of Hawaii Law Enforcement Officers (including Department of Public Safety, Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Transportation).
We invite those that do not qualify for the Lateral-Entry Program to consider applying to our Metropolitan Police Recruit position which is currently on recruitment.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

AGE REQUIREMENT

  • 21 years of age
  • There is no upper age limit

DRIVERS LICENSE

A valid government issued Driver's License is required at the time of application.

FIREARMS

Must be able to meet Federal and State eligibility requirements to possess firearms (i.e. no felony convictions; no misdemeanor convictions for domestic violence, other violent crimes, or illegal drug sales).

In addition, meet requirements set forth in Hawaii Revised Status (HRS) Section 134-3.5.

MEDICAL - HEARING

Pure tone thresholds in the unaided worst ear not worse than 25 dB at 500Hz, or 2000Hz, and not worse than 35 dB loss at 3000Hz ​or no greater than 30 dB at any time of the first three frequencies and average loss of less than 30dB for all four frequencies is acceptable.
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* This is not all-inclusive and is intended only as a general guideline. Each case will be considered on an individual basis, taking into account any unique circumstances.

INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS

  • Applicants must not have any administrative convictions (internal affairs investigation) relating to integrity, civil rights violations, sexual harassment, excessive use of force or theft.
In addition, we highly recommend reviewing our selection standards to determine your likelihood in successfully passing our background investigation. 

EDUCATION

High School Diploma, General Educational Diploma (GED) or Equivalent.

CITIZENSHIP

In order to meet Federal and State requirements to possess a firearm, you must be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National or Legal Permanent Resident.

MEDICAL - VISION

  • Visual acuity must be 20/20 binocular with or without correction.
  • Successful long-term soft daily wear contact lens wearers correctable to 20/20 must have worn their contact lenses 6 months or more.
  • Loss of color vision is unacceptable (please contact us for partial-loss of color vision)
  • Significant decrement in visual field performance (peripheral vision) in either eye is unacceptable.​
​​* This is not all-inclusive and is intended only as a general guideline. Each case will be considered on an individual basis, taking into account any unique circumstances.