"The mission of the Illinois State Police Merit Board is to remove political influence and provide a fair and equitable merit process for the selection of Illinois State Trooper candidates and the promotion and discipline of Illinois State Police officers."

A law went into effect December 19, 2011 regarding education requirements for Illinois State Police trooper applicants. This new law states, "All persons who have been HONORABLY DISCHARGED and who have been awarded an AFGHAN or IRAQI CAMPAIGN MEDAL by the military" do not need to meet the college education requirement.

The application process is not open at this time. When the application process opens up again, this new law will provide such military personnel who have been honorably discharged, without college education, the opportunity to apply.

Pre-Employment Requirements| 02/06/2012 |

At this time, no date has been set for the Merit Board's next Trooper Test, so we are NOT currently accepting applications.

If you would like to receive an email notification when the application process resumes, fill out the form in the link below to provide your contact information.

Notification Request| 06/06/2011 |

The application process is now closed.

The Merit Board will accept no more applications for Recruitment Tests at this time.

No date has been set for the next application process.

| 05/02/2011 |