Applying for police departments isn't like applying for most other jobs. You basically run a gauntlet of testing and produce paperwork that verifies everything about you. There are stacks of waivers, and they sometimes want you to go in for a physical, or in one recent case, an eye exam. There are also the application fees, which run $10-$25. Not all departments charge them, but a lot do. Many require notarized documents and official copies (not photocopies) of your transcripts and birth certificate. This makes the task not to be approached likely. For example, here's the bill for a department I applied for recently:
Application fee: $25
Eye Exam: $49
Notary Seals: $2
Copy Fee: $.31
Gas to drive to all of these places: $8
Total: $84.31 just to get to the test. This isn't all that uncommon. If I'd needed to get a fresh transcript & birth certificate, it would have been an extra $15 or so. Now, for future departments that want my eyesight certified, I should be able to just go back and get a stamp & signature, but this isn't something to do unless you really want it.
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