Certified Police Officer Applicants - These individuals are hired at a higher rate than non-certified individuals. Upon hiring, officers undergo a modified field training phase designed around their experience.

Non-Certified Police Officer Applicants - Upon hire, these individuals will be required to review (with or without legal assistance*) and sign the Town of Culpeper Police Department Training Contract** and are sent to the certification training at the Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Academy, fully paid by the Department, for 14 weeks. Upon successful completion of this training, the officers then undergo 10 weeks of field training. When field training has been completed, the officer then receives his or her certification from the Department of Criminal Justice Services and receives an increase in salary that is equal to the new-hire, already-certified police officer's salary.

*Individuals may, at their own expense, have an attorney review the contract.

**The contract, in part, is an agreement that should the officer quit or be terminated prior to two full years of service to the Town of Culpeper , he or she will reimburse the full cost of training.