On Duty
Minimum Requirements
- Applicant must be 21 years of age by recruit school graduation.
- Applicant must have a high school diploma or G.E.D. A college education is not required, though it is recommended.
- Applicant must be a Michigan resident and have a valid Michigan driver's license prior to recruit school graduation.
- Applicant cannot have a felony conviction or be a suspect in a case with the reasonable belief the applicant committed a felony.
- Applicant must meet the Michigan Commission On Law Enforcement Standards minimum hearing requirements and visual acuity standards.
- An assessment of eight or more points
- Three or more moving violations
- Two or more traffic crashes resulting in moving violations or civil infractions In the four years prior to the beginning of the selection process for a recruit school, applicants cannot have:
- A conviction of driving with a suspended or revoked license
- A conviction of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, including impaired driving
- Two or more convictions of reckless driving
Driving Record
In the two years prior to the beginning of the selection process for a recruit school, applicants cannot have:- A felony conviction or a reasonable belief the applicant committed a felony is cause for automatic disqualification from the selection process. This includes felony convictions expunged or set aside.
- A conviction of a penal law punishable by imprisonment of more than one year. The misdemeanor convictions listed below are cause for automatic disqualification from the selection process:
- i. A misdemeanor involving the use of a firearm or dangerous weapon with the intent to injure, or the use of a firearm or dangerous weapon involving force or violence or the threat of force or violence.
- ii. A misdemeanor involving criminal sexual conduct.
- iii. A misdemeanor involving abuse or neglect.
- iv. A one-year misdemeanor involving unlawful entry/breaking and entering.
- v. A misdemeanor involving embezzlement.
- vi. A misdemeanor involving a moving violation resulting in death or serious impairment of a bodily function.
- vii. A one-year misdemeanor involving larceny, theft, or fraud.
- viii. A misdemeanor involving domestic assault or stalking.
- ix. A misdemeanor involving a controlled substance.
- x. Operating while intoxicated/drugged, 2nd offense within seven years
- Disclosure of drug use does not preclude an applicant from moving forward in the selection process and will be evaluated on case by case basis.
- A misdemeanor conviction involving any of the above categories for an applicant that was charged as an adult and settled by pre-trial diversion, plea bargain, set aside, deferment, Holmes Youthful Trainee Act (HYTA), or expungement, are automatically disqualified from the selection process.
- Juvenile (16-years-old or prior) misdemeanor convictions, adjudications and court actions including expungements, HYTA, pre-trial diversions, plea bargains, set asides, and deferments will be decided on a case-by-case basis Applicants will be permanently disqualified from our process for intentionally providing False, Misleading or Inaccurate information.
Criminal History Disqualifications
Hiring Process
Salary and Benefits
Recruits are employees of the MSP on the first day of recruit school and do not pay for their training. Recruits also receive full insurance and other benefits while attending recruit school.
Click here to download information about the Pension Plus Retirement Plan$4300
$56K
$80K
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
12 weeks of paid parental leave
13 vacation days the first calendar year
13 paid sick days the first calendar year
13 paid holidays per year
Uniforms and equipment are provided
Uniform cleaning allowance
After Graduation
Applicants are asked to submit three preferred post locations when receiving their conditional offer of employment with their most preferred as number one. Every effort is made to fulfill their request while balancing the personnel needs of the agency. Applicants will receive their post assignment in their Appointment Letter.
Field Training Officer Program:After graduation, recruits become probationary troopers and are assigned to posts across the state. Each new trooper is assigned to a Field Training Officer (FTO) at the post and accompanies the FTO on all his/her assignments and shifts. The FTO program has a total of three phases.
Lateral Entry
- Competitive pay (maximum):
- Trooper - $83,761.60*
- Sergeant - $96,740.80*
- Lieutenant - $107,827.20*
- First Lieutenant - $128,334.00
- Inspector - $138,186.00
- Captain - $157,789.00 *Not including overtime or shift premiums