Pay & Benefits
The CCPD offers highly competitive salary and benefits including fully paid health care immediately upon hire, a paid seven-month Academy, and a four-day forty-hour work week upon graduation.
Pay & BenefitsThe Academy Experience
Our Academy prepares you to become the officer our community expects and deserves. The training is rigorous and only the best make it to graduation. But if you possess the skills and the desire to prepare both mentally and physically, that could be you.
CCPD AcademyPreparing to Test
Here are some tips on how to succeed in our testing process. Keep them to yourself-these tips are just for you.
Learn MoreMeet Our Team
Our recruiters, background investigators and Academy Staff are second to none. Meet them now, before they are grilling you over your application or making you do push-ups in the parking lot.
Learn MoreI wanted to be a police officer because I knew it would be a rewarding and exciting career with many opportunities. Working for CCPD is like being a part of a large family."
Officer Whitney Olness,
Corpus Christi Police Department
Upcoming Events

Corpus Christi Police Practice Physical Fitness
Start Date: Mar 29, 2025
End Date: Mar 29, 2025
Time: 7:30 AM
Location: Corpus Christi Police Training Center (6902 Yorktown Blvd.)
We invite you to participate in the Corpus Christi Police Department's Practice Physical Assessment Test (PAT) on Saturday, March 22nd, and March 29th, 2025, at 7:30 a.m. This event is for individuals interested in joining our upcoming CCPD 85th Police Academy, which is expected to begin in July 2025.
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