Park Police Officer Trainee

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This range is provided by New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$61,587.00/yr - $93,129.00/yr

The New York State Park Police are highly trained and dedicated to helping people and protecting the state’s natural and historic treasures. If you’re interested in a rewarding career in law enforcement, consider becoming a New York State Park Police Officer. Our team works in some of the most beautiful places in the state!

Recruitment for the 2026 Park Police Academy begins now! We will be accepting applications for the Park Police Officer Trainee position through February 18, 2026.

To be considered for a Park Police Officer Trainee position, please submit the following documents to: PPOCareers.gov.

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A copy of your DD-214 (if applicable)

Official college transcripts must be sent electronically to PPOtranscripts.gov directly from your college or from a credential request service like Parchment.

After applying, if you meet the requirements and provide all documentation listed above, you will be contacted with an invitation to the agility testing to be held in April/May 2026.

Following a successful agility test, candidates will move on to the psychological and physical/medical testing.

Do you have what it takes to become a New York State Park Police Officer?

Looking for a career with variety? Apply to be a New York State Park Police Officer to serve your state, protect our visitors, and preserve our natural resources.

A Day in the Life – Serve. Protect. Preserve.

The State Park Police operate in a wide variety of locations – from crowded urban areas within New York City to popular ocean beaches to vast natural areas. On a typical day, a State Park Police Officer may handle very large crowds; assist park users; search for and rescue missing persons; make arrests; conduct criminal and non-criminal investigations; and provide emergency services wherever and whenever they are needed.

Special services the State Park Police also offer include marine law enforcement and education duties on New York waterways, snowmobile enforcement and education, and high angle and swift water rescue teams.

• First 6 months of traineeship - $61,587 (at the residential academy)
• Second 6 months of traineeship - $63,192 - $82,525 (rate will be based on what county the Park Police Officer Trainee is assigned to for field training after the 6-month residential academy)
• After traineeship is complete (1 year) - $73,796 - $93,129

To see a full Salary Chart for the career of a Park Police Officer, visit: -applicants

• Officers who work in the five boroughs of New York City or in Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, or Westchester counties will receive an additional $1,762 annual downstate adjustment.
• In addition to the downstate adjustment, Police who work in the following locations will receive an additional supplemental local pay in the following amounts: the counties of Orange, Putnam, and Dutchess counties - $1,467; the five boroughs of New York City, Rockland, and Westchester counties - $2,204; and Nassau and Suffolk counties - $2,571.
• Officers who work in the Mid-Hudson region (Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester counties) or Downstate region (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, or Suffolk counties) are eligible for an additional $15,000 in geographic pay differentials.

• Accrue 13-24 vacation days, 12 holidays, 5 personal days, and 13 sick days each year.
• Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Salaries do not include overtime.
• Retirement is at half pay after 20 years.
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