Applicant Qualifications for the Newport News Police Department AGE Applicants must be at least 20 years of age, but not over 63 years of age. Applicants with some college, an Associate Degree, or higher, are preferred. Continued employment is conditioned upon successful completion of the physical examination.
Continued employment is conditioned upon successful completion of the examination.
Background investigations are not completed on applicants until they are within two months of separation. Applicants must present satisfactory documentary evidence substantiating less than two months active duty or the ability to retire within two months. Fingerprint checks are made. Applicants must report any pending traffic violation, arrests, or receipts of any summons to appear in court, criminal or civil, in any political jurisdiction anywhere received during the application process. Further, they must report any contact with any police authority which results, or may result, in completion of a police report where the applicant is a suspect, victim, or complainant.