Military and Veterans
The San Jose Police Department welcomes military veterans who are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in law enforcement. Because we have a paramilitary structure, military veterans often times can easily integrate into San Jose PD. With over 67 specialized assignments, veterans can utilize their military experience into their San Jose PD career.
We offer several benefits for those military veterans that qualify:
- Veteran Preference Test Points http://www.csj.gov/hr/hrps/VeteransPreference.pdf
- Up to Four (4) years, “Buy-Back” into the San Jose PD Retirement System http://www.sjretirement.com/Uploads/PF/PF_Members_Handbook.pdf (pages 12-14)
- Flex Time for Military Leave: SJPD policy and City of San Jose Policy http://www.csj.gov/oer/CPM/CPM422MilitaryLeave.pdf
- Eligible for GI Benefits Compensation While in the San Jose Police Academy
- Eligible for GI Benefits Compensation While on Field Training for On the Job Training
Unfortunately, military veterans who do not meet the minimum college credit requirement, cannot use military service time in lieu of, or substitute for, the minimum college credit requirement. We recommend having your military training records evaluated and converted to an equivalency of college credit through a local college. Another means is to convert it through Sailor-Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART) and then transferred to an accredited college listed in the current edition of “Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education.”