CCPD Careers
Corpus Christi Police Department Recruiting 2025
Police Cadet Application Process
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 Academy
Lateral Hiring
Are you a certified peace officer ready for a new challenge and looking to serve a supportive community? CCPD is actively seeking lateral hires.
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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.
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I 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
CCPD at La Palmera Mall
Start Date: Oct 01, 2025
End Date: Mar 31, 2026
Time: 4 P.M. - 9 P.M.
Location: La Palmera Mall (5488 S Padre Island Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78411)
The Corpus Christi Police Department will be actively recruiting at La Palmera Mall on Fridays and Saturdays, between 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Stop by for more information.
Event DetailsRecruitment for the 86th Academy Opens
Start Date: Oct 06, 2025
End Date: Mar 13, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM
Location: Online
Recruitment for the 86th Academy opens on October 6, 2025.
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