LDWF seeking new cadet class

The application period for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division’s ฀37th฀Cadet฀Academy฀ opened฀Jan.฀6฀and฀will฀stay฀ open฀until฀Jan.฀26.

This฀ Cadet฀ Academy฀ is฀ solely for candidates that are฀ already฀ Peace฀ Offi฀cer฀ Standards and Training certifi ed and will be shortened from฀ the฀ usual฀ 26฀ weeks฀ of฀ training฀ to฀ 14฀ weeks฀ of฀ training.

The LDWF Enforcement Division is looking to hire up to 30 law enforcement professionals for this Cadet฀ Academy฀ that฀ is฀ scheduled to start in May.

“This next academy will be a first for the department as we are seeking people that already have law enforcement experience and are฀ POST฀ certifi฀ed,”฀ said฀ Col.฀ Stephen฀ Clark,฀ head฀ of the LDWF Enforcement Division. “So if someone is฀ already฀ POST฀ certifi฀ed฀ and looking for a career change, now is the time to join our team with this abbreviated academy.”

Applicants can search for the job title “Wildlife Enforcement฀ Cadet”฀ on฀ the฀Louisiana฀Civil฀Service฀ website at www.civilservice. louisiana.gov.

It is a requirement that all applicants take the Protective Services Exam (PSE)฀ Series฀ 2100฀ Exam฀ and get a score of 77 or above to be eligible for the academy. A PSE 2100 score of 77 or higher is valid for two years.

In order to schedule the PSE 2100 civil service exam,฀ please฀ visit฀ https:// www. governmentjobs. com/careers/louisiana/ jobs/3147666/2100-protective- services-exam-pse.

Applicants must be POST฀ certifi฀ed฀ and฀ meet฀ one of the following requirements in order to qualify ฀for฀the฀this฀academy:

•฀ Two฀ years฀ of฀ law฀ enforcement experience as a POST฀ certifi฀ed฀ peace฀ offi฀cer commissioned with the power of arrest; or

•฀ An฀ associate’s฀ degree฀ from a technical college or completion of a two-year program at a vocational or technical school; or

•฀Three฀years฀of฀continuous active military service (all฀ Military฀ Occupational฀ Specialties฀apply).

Every 30-semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will substitute for one year of the required experience.

Once฀ the฀ academy฀ begins, the cadets will train at the department’s training facility housed within the Waddill Training and Emergency฀ Response฀ Complex฀ in฀ Baton฀ Rouge.฀ Successful completion of approximately three and a half months of intensive physical and academic training is required to graduate.

At the academy, cadets train to enforce the state’s recreational boating laws, the state and federal wildlife and fisheries laws, and general law enforcement work on the state’s many wildlife management areas.

For more information on becoming an LDWF enforcement agent, please visit฀ https://www.wlf.louisiana. gov/page/become-anagent.