List of State Police minimum age requirements

This is a List of State Police Minimum Age Requirements in the United States.

Many states have established, by state statute and/or constitutional provisions, minimum age requirements for the primary law enforcement agency of the state.

18 years old edit

Rhode Island[1]

Wisconsin[2]

Louisiana[3]

Montana[4]

19 years old edit

Florida[5]

19 1/2 for Trooper Cadet, 21 years old for Trooper edit

Washington[6]

21 years old edit

California[7] Illinois[8] Maryland[9] Vermont[10]

21 years old edit

Alabama[11] Alaska[12] Arkansas[13] Idaho[14] Indiana[15] Kansas[16] Kentucky[17] Massachusetts[18] Minnesota[19] Mississippi[20] Nevada[21] New Hampshire[20] New Jersey[22] New York[23] North Carolina[24] Oklahoma[25] Oregon[26] South Carolina[27] Tennessee[28] Utah[29] West Virginia[30] Maryland

21, 20 with 60 College Credits edit

Maine[31]

20, 21 at graduation edit

Arizona[32] Hawai’i Colorado[33] Connecticut[34] Delaware[35] Georgia[36] Michigan[37] Missouri[38] Nebraska[39] New Mexico[40] North Dakota[41] Ohio[42] Pennsylvania[43] South Dakota[44] Texas[45] Virginia[46]

21, 22 at graduation edit

Iowa[47] Wyoming[48]

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