Mount Vernon Police Department - Police Officer
Last updated on February 18, 2025
PST Partner Agency since October 19, 2011
Vacancies: 5
Important Information
Due to PST's revision of the written test in March 2025, we are not accepting test scores taken from 2/15/2025 to 3/1/2025. Candidates who test prior to 2/15/2025 will be invited for an oral board and placed on the eligibility list for further consideration. Those candidates who are unable to attend an oral board prior to 2/28/2028 will need to retest utilizing PSTs new written exam on or after 3/1/2025.
If you are scheduled to test betwen 2/15 and 2/28/2025 please reschedule your test to a date after March 1, 2025 to take the new PST written test. Rescheduling fees have been waived.
If you have not yet registered for a test, please schedule a test date after March 1, 2025.
***Lateral Officer Candidates do not need to test with PST, a completed City of Mount Vernon application is all that is needed. The application can be found athttps://www.mountvernonwa.gov/Jobs.aspx ***
All official communication with the applicants regarding the testing process will be done through phone or email.
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Mount Vernon Police Department - Police Officer Requirements
| Category | Requirement | Required at time of... | |
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| Test | Hire | ||
| Written Examination |
Yes, required |
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| LEO/CO Physical Ability Test (PAT) |
Yes, required Your physical ability test must be completed 180 days (~6 months) before or after your passing written exam. |
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| PST Personal History Statement | Yes, required within 7 days of passing required exam(s) | ||
| Minimum Age | 21 | ||
| Citizenship | US Citizen / Lawful Permanent Resident / DACA-Recipient | ||
| High School Grad/ GED | Yes | ||
| Driver's License Required | Valid Washington State Driver's License | ||
| Felony Conviction(s) as an Adult | No felony convictions or domestic violence conviction. | ||
| Felony Conviction(s) as a Juvenile | No felony convictions or domestic violence conviction. | ||
| Ability to Read, Speak & Write the English Language | Yes | ||
| Vision Requirements | Correctable to 20/20 | ||
| College Requirement |
90 quarter hours or 60 semester hours from an accredited college or university. Military Veterans with a minimum of 60 credits on their Joint Service Transcript (JST) will be accepted in lieu of college education. |
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| Other | Successfully complete a thorough background investigation, polygraph, psychological, and medical examination and pre-employment drug & alcohol screening. | ||
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Mount Vernon Police Department - Police Officer
Contact a RecruiterAgency Test Requirements
Written Examination: Yes, required
PAT: Yes, required
PST Personal History Statement: Yes, required within 7 days of passing required exam(s)
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COVID-19 UPDATES
5/6/2020 Update:
TESTING IN WASHINGTON STATE CANCELED THROUGH MAY 31, 2020
All pre-employment tests in Washington State have been canceled until May 31, 2020 unless government restrictions are eased. With recent updates, facility closures, and government guidelines, this step is necessary and could be modified at any time. The health and safety of our customers, our staff, and their families is of the highest priority.
We will continue to evaluate developments and make changes to this policy as necessary. When we do resume testing, there will be plenty of events for everyone to test. We are in regular communication with our public safety agency partners, assessing alternatives to the traditional testing model and our testing policies. Any future updates will be posted on the PST website and our Facebook page.
4/1/2020 Update:
If you have tested with PST in the past 12 months, there may be additional positions you are now eligible to add. Several departments have temporarily changed their testing policies due to the suspension in testing that COVID-19 has caused. Please login to your PST account and navigate to the ‘New Positions’ page to see what departments you can add! We will regularly update that page in your account as departments send updates.
FUTURE TEST REGISTRATION
We know that there will be testing in the future - we just don’t know when! We want you to be prepared for when testing begins again so we have created test events on our calendar that you can register for that will place you in a queue to be first notified. These tests are not “real” test events, they are essentially a holding area. You will be able to “reschedule” out of that event to any other event date/location at no cost. Registering now will also give you time to work on your Personal History Statement (PHS) so that your data will be ready and up-to-date to send to your departments once testing resumes.
To sign up for this placeholder event, select the June 15, 2020 test date in your category (police, fire, 911 dispatch, corrections, etc.).
You may also click on the test event of interest below to sign up:
Law Enforcement & Corrections Written and Physical Ability Test
Please check back here frequently and ‘Like’ our Facebook page to stay updated.
PST staff are working remotely and are available by email at contact@publicsafetytesting.com. We anticipate a high email volume and will respond as quickly as possible.
