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State police interest surges in PA after college credit requirement axed amid ‘dire’ shortage

Pennsylvania state police applications spiked over the last month after Governor Shapiro axed the agency’s college credit requirement.

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania state police applications spiked over the last month after the governor axed the agency’s college credit requirement.

Nearly half of the 1,200 candidates were not eligible before the Aug. 28 announcement. Overall, interest has surged – in the previous half-year hiring period, the agency had received 1,745 applications.

“We’re pleased to see this jump in applications,” PSP Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris said. “It’s my hope that even more of the brightest and most hard-working women and men from Pennsylvania and the surrounding area will see themselves in a rewarding career with the PSP.”

Would-be troopers take a written exam, a polygraph exam, a background investigation, a physical test, and medical and psychological screening before a 28-week cadet training program.

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