The Hiring Process
You must reside within the five county areas as an employee with the agency. The counties you must reside in are as follows: Lee, Glades, Charlotte, Hendry, and Collier counties.
The best-qualified candidates are selected from the applications received. Applications will be reviewed for completeness and will be rejected due to omissions and/or missing information. All statements made on the application are subject to verification. Exaggerated, false, or misleading statements may be cause for rejection of the application and/or termination of employment.
After the application is reviewed and accepted, those qualified candidates will be required to successfully complete a fitness assessment test based on the Cooper Standards (Cooper Standards Link )
The test will be administered one time only to the candidates. Those candidates passing the assessment will move forward in the hiring process. Those candidates who do not achieve a passing score in all areas tested will be able to reapply in one year from the date of their original application.
The officer selection process is as follows:
City of Fort Myers employment application (approved/rejected)
Physical Fitness Assessment (pass/fail) (Cooper Standards Link )
Background Questionnaire Submission (.)
Polygraph Exam (pass/fail) This exam will not be the determining factor for an applicant being disqualified
Background investigation (pass/fail)
Command Staff Review
Psychological Exam (.) (two parts – medical and non-medical)
Command Staff Interview
The background investigation, in addition to the above tests will determine the candidates’ suitability for employment. Areas that will be investigated will include, but will not be limited to: criminal history, credit history, drug use/history, driving history, employment history/patterns, military history (if applicable), and FDLE status.
Those candidates who have satisfactorily completed the testing phase of the hiring process will be scheduled for an oral board interview. The oral board will consist of at least one police captain or one police lieutenant. The board will be selected from a designated pool of department members.
Successful candidates will be placed into a pool of qualified candidates and shall remain in the pool for a period of one year.
Once a final decision is made to move forward with a candidate, the candidates’ file is sent over to Human Resources for processing. Personnel from Human Resources will extend the final offer of employment to the candidate.
Please do not call Human Resources unless you are advised to do so. The City of Fort Myers is an E.E.O.C. Employer.
Shift Differential Pay
Members are paid a 5% shift differential for working the 6pm to 6am shift.
The Hiring Process
You must reside within the five county areas as an employee with the agency. The counties you must reside in are as follows: Lee, Glades, Charlotte, Hendry, and Collier counties.
The best-qualified candidates are selected from the applications received. Applications will be reviewed for completeness and will be rejected due to omissions and/or missing information. All statements made on the application are subject to verification. Exaggerated, false, or misleading statements may be cause for rejection of the application and/or termination of employment.
After the application is reviewed and accepted, those qualified candidates will be required to successfully complete a fitness assessment test based on the Cooper Standards (Cooper Standards Link )
The test will be administered one time only to the candidates. Those candidates passing the assessment will move forward in the hiring process. Those candidates who do not achieve a passing score in all areas tested will be able to reapply in one year from the date of their original application.
The officer selection process is as follows:
City of Fort Myers employment application (approved/rejected)
Physical Fitness Assessment (pass/fail) (Cooper Standards Link )
Background Questionnaire Submission (.)
Polygraph Exam (pass/fail) This exam will not be the determining factor for an applicant being disqualified
Background investigation (pass/fail)
Command Staff Review
Psychological Exam (.) (two parts – medical and non-medical)
Command Staff Interview
The background investigation, in addition to the above tests will determine the candidates’ suitability for employment. Areas that will be investigated will include, but will not be limited to: criminal history, credit history, drug use/history, driving history, employment history/patterns, military history (if applicable), and FDLE status.
Those candidates who have satisfactorily completed the testing phase of the hiring process will be scheduled for an oral board interview. The oral board will consist of at least one police captain or one police lieutenant. The board will be selected from a designated pool of department members.
Successful candidates will be placed into a pool of qualified candidates and shall remain in the pool for a period of one year.
Once a final decision is made to move forward with a candidate, the candidates’ file is sent over to Human Resources for processing. Personnel from Human Resources will extend the final offer of employment to the candidate.
Please do not call Human Resources unless you are advised to do so. The City of Fort Myers is an E.E.O.C. Employer.
Shift Differential Pay
Members are paid a 5% shift differential for working the 6pm to 6am shift.