Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:
- 7/24/2025
- 9/11/2025
- 10/30/2025
- 12/18/2025
Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.
NOTE: Dates printed on mobile bar codes, such as Quick Response codes available at the United States Postal Service, are not considered postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing of an application. It is the applicant's responsibility to submit their application on time and to ensure the envelope is postmarked.
Upcoming Testing Dates:
• June 5, 2025
Testing Dates: July 20, 2025, through August 2, 2025
• July 24, 2025
Testing Dates: September 7, 2025, through September 20, 2025
• September 11, 2025
Testing Dates: November 2, 2025, through November 15, 2025
• October 30, 2025
Testing Dates: December 14, 2025, through December 28, 2025
• December 18, 2025
Testing Dates: January 25, 2026, through February 7, 2026
The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.
Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):
- PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL - Open
For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:
Exam Code(s):
For PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:
Exam Code(s):
Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.
Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.
You may apply by mail to:
- California Highway Patrol
Selection Standards and Examinations Section
097/Examination Services
P.O. Box 942898
Sacramento, CA 94298-0001
Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).
You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:
- California Highway Patrol
Selection Standards and Examinations Section
097/Examination Services
601 North 7th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.
All application (STD 678) forms must include: employment history “from” and “to” dates (month/day/year), hours per week, title/job classification, and duties performed. Application (STD 678) forms received without this information will be rejected. Résumés or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application (STD 678) form.
NOTE: DO NOT SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES (CALHR) OR TO A LOCAL CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICE.
If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.
If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.