Kansas Highway Patrol Law Enforcement Officer Employment Disqualifiers

AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFIERS:

Please review each statement. Items listed below in Section 1 will automatically disqualify you from the application process and from being hired as a law enforcement officer with the Kansas Highway patrol. The list below is not intended to be all-inclusive. The KHP reserves the right to disqualify applicants for inappropriate acts as it deems appropriate based on a totality of circumstances.

*Self-reporting of automatic disqualifiers during the Polygraph Examination shall be cause for disqualification and the applicant will not proceed in the hiring process. Other areas of concern listed in Section 2 will be cause for further investigation during the Background Investigation.

  • Less than 21 years of age, at the time recruits are to report to the Training Academy.
  • Not a U.S. Citizen.
  • No High School diploma, or G.E.D.
  • Driver’s license not valid; currently suspended or revoked.
  • Have any offensive tattoo, scarification, or brand regardless of location on the body.
    • Tattoo – The act or practice of marking the skin with indelible designs, forms, figures, art, etc., by making punctures in the skin and inserting pigment.
    • Scarification – The act of intentional cutting of the skin for the purpose of creating a design, form, figure, or art.
    • Branding – The act of intentional burning of the skin for the purpose of creating a design, form, figure, or art.)
  • Body markings are strictly prohibited on areas visible above the lapel of a standard issue Class C (Short- Sleeved) Uniform Shirt, and below the sleeve of a standard issue Class B (Long-Sleeved) Uniform Shirt (i.e., the neck, head, face, and hands). Should applicants agree to remove tattoos in these areas, they may progress in the process.
    • Exception – One ring-style tattoo, no more than 3/8” (9.525mm) wide, that resembles a wedding band on the right or left ring finger between the knuckle and finger joint closes to the palm of the ring finger.
    • Disclaimer – Applicants that agree and document tattoo removal in prohibited areas may progress.
  • Dishonorable discharge from US Armed Forces.
  • Convicted or expungement for/of any crime punishable by imprisonment in a federal or state prison whether committed as a juvenile or adult.
  • Any felony conviction of sale, distribution, manufacture, accessory to sale or distribution, of any controlled substance, or illegal drugs.Arrest or conviction as an adult for incest, indecent liberties, or child molestation.
  • Sexual acts involving animals.
  • Participation in any criminal enterprise or organized crime activity, which seeks to further murder, arson, robbery, burglary, theft, kidnapping, aggravated assault, forgery, gambling, prostitution, promotion of prostitution, distribution of illegal arms, sale or distribution of drugs, or promotion or sale of obscene materials. (Organized Crime)
  • After the age of 18, any act involving the making, viewing, possessing marketing, or distributing of child pornography in any form.