Follow this link to the City/County Personnel job listing page to check for job openings.

The Sheriff's Office establishes an eligibility list for hiring that stays in effect for six months, but may be approved for longer time periods. The office will typically test only once a year to determine who makes that list. Applications are only accepted during a designated period of time prior to testing.

HIRING PROCESS
• Applications are obtained from the City-County Personnel Office at 555 S. 10th St., Lincoln, Nebraska, 68508, (402) 441-7596. You may wish to contact them to have your name put on their mailing list to have an application sent. Once the application period has closed, the City-County Employment Office will notify all applicants of the scheduled times for written testing.
• Written Testing is conducted by Personnel and a passing score of 75% must be achieved to advance. Currently the written exam is the NCJOSI by iOsolutions. Practice exams are available at publicsafetyrecruitment.com.
• If you successfully pass the written test, you will then move on to a physical performance evaluation. Click here for a detailed description of the physical testing and here for a video example of the testing procedure. Click here for recommended training activities to prepare. Physical testing is not scored for rankings but those who pass will move on to the interview stage.
• Oral interviews will be conducted for everyone who passes the written and physical tests. An initial interview is conducted and the top scoring candidates continue to an oral board panel interview.
• Final rankings of total scores are determined after the oral interview(s). The Sheriff has the option to choose from the top three available candidates to fill each open position.

If you happen to already be a certified law enforcement officer in another state, and your certification is accepted by the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center, you may be required to attend only a portion of basic certification class.

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