Police Officer

Police Officer

Recruitment for certified and non-certified police officer candidates. Certified / certifiable applicants will be given preference. The City of South Milwaukee invites applications for the position of Police Officer. Qualified applicants who have submitted required supplementary application materials, including official college transcripts, by the deadline below will be invited to take a written test.

Important dates :

Sunday, October 5 : This application closes.

Tuesday, October 14 : Final deadline for all supplemental application materials (i.e., transcripts) to have been received by the City of South Milwaukee. And deadline to register for the written test. (Test invitations will be issued via email to qualified applicants several days prior.)

Wednesday, November 5, 9 AM : Written Test (further details about the test will be provided within the invitation, which qualified applicants will receive on or around October 8)

• January 1st, 2026 : Applicants must be at least 21 years of age by this date.

The minimum salary listed in this posting is the initial bi-weekly pay rate for non-certified applicants who must attend the law enforcement academy upon hire. Certified officers may begin at a higher rate, depending on years of experience. For example, the bi-weekly rate for candidates with over five years of experience is $3,439.72 under the 2025 contract.

Applicants are not required to have completed an approved State of Wisconsin police recruit academy to apply. If a candidate who has not completed a recruit academy is selected, the City of South Milwaukee will send the new hire to the police academy.

The Police Officer is charged with keeping the peace, enforcing the law, and providing overall safety and security in the community. Officers are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner when dealing with others, keeping in mind the highest principles of police service. They are sworn to safeguard the lives and property of all persons, and to protect the constitutional rights of all citizens, never letting their personal feelings interfere with their oath.

Officers are expected to build an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust, so that citizens and community leaders form a partnership with the police to address the problems of crime, drugs, fear of crime, and social and physical disorder, including neighborhood decay. Accordingly, they shall work with community residents to identify and prioritize problems, and will be facilitators in developing creative solutions to problems that do not focus exclusively on arrest.

Various shifts with rotating off days. Subject to Emergency On-Call. Works under the general guidance and direction of the Shift Commander.

Officers shall comply with all lawful orders directed to them by superiors to the best of their ability. They shall treat all persons within their scope of authority in a respectful manner and take necessary actions to insure the protection of their civil and constitutional rights. At any time, officers may be placed in situations that demand physical and mental endurance. Therefore, they must maintain a high degree of physical and mental fitness.

The duties of the Police Officer shall include, but not be limited to, the following :

Prerequisite requirements :

Education :

Experience :

Certification / Licensing :

Working knowledge :

Required mental abilities :

Required personality traits :

Tools and equipment used :

Police vehicle, police communication devices, computer, speed measuring devices, handgun, rifle, tazer, and other weapons as required, baton, handcuffs, First Aid equipment.

Physical demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to :

The employee must be able to overcome physical resistance of uncooperative, sometimes violent, subjects of various age and size using Defense and Arrest Tactics (DAAT).

The employee must occasionally lift and / or move more than 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job