Indiana Conservation Officer Testing Dates

[RyanV]

FYI for those aspiring to be CO's:

Testing dates
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 6 p.m.
Lincoln Junior High School
220 N. Liberty St.
Plymouth, IN 46563

Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 6 p.m.
Scottsburg High School
500 S. Gardner St.
Scottsburg, IN 47170

Saturday, January 28, 2012, 9 a.m.
Indiana Law Enforcement Academy
5402 Sugar Grove Rd, CR 700
East Plainfield, IN 46168

More info at: DNR: Becoming a Conservation Officer

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Thanks for the update! I passed the info along to a good buddy of mine.

A note for those interested: From a few different folks whose words I've read...the IN CO academy training is akin to Army Basic Training as far as the PT is concerned.

If you're gonna do it...be prepared. In my opinion, the COs are probably the most trained / cross-trained officers in IN as far as the total body of work that they're involved in.

-J-

 

[bbarker]

Very true. A high school buddy of mine works for the gaming commission and when he went through the academy, he said the CO class would start an hour before them and go an hour past the time they quit. The instructor for his class was ex-military and made the comment about the CO class being excessive.

A word of advice for those that apply......start running now. When you think you have done enough.....run more.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

A word of advice for those that apply......start running now. When you think you have done enough.....run more.

That's what I've heard.

There's your standard LE Academy classes...

Step up to the State Police Academy classes...

Then a pole-vault up for the Conservation Officer classes.

I think that I could do a FINE job as a CO... But there's no way on this Earth that I'd ever be able to graduate their academy!

-J-

 

[Uconas]

i would love to be a CO! do you think they would let me change the uniform colors?

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

i would love to be a CO! do you think they would let me change the uniform colors?

To something slightly more faaaaabulous?

 

[RyanV]

UPDATE!

ICO's are conducting their next round of hiring.

Go HERE and fill out the pre-app screening to be considered and notified of the next testing dates.

 

[cerebus85]

I submitted the pre-app, and yeah the little recruitment video looked alot like basic but hey thats all in your head.

 

[Miketodd]

Be prepared, I took and passed their written test for the last hiring. It will be like no other LEO test you have ever taken. We had to do an essay on why we wanted to be a CO, a basic language and punctuation test, and than over 300 questions on an apptitude type test. One of those "I work well with others or I don't work well with others". Also, if you pass the written, be warned, their official application is VERY VERY extensive.

 

[IndyDave1776]

OK, when I read the title, I envisioned conservation officers testing these!