Going to the darkside
 

If one were interested in becoming involved with the DOT, how would he or she get there?

No, Im happy with my job. Im just curious how DOT officers get that job. What are the requirements and what kind of experience is needed. Are they former truck drivers?

I always assumed you needed some sort of police backround.

I believe a DOT officer had to be a state trooper first

It depends on what job you are looking at doing.

Scale House employees often times are not really LEO's.

I think it has something to do with selling your soul to satan, all for unlimited power and chocolate donuts.

DOT Employment
 

"If one were interested in becoming involved with the DOT, how would he or she get there?" Check your state's job listing, most state commercial truck inspectors have not been state troopers first, ditto scalehouse/POE workers. BOL

Re: DOT Employment
 

Sealord is correct, at least here in PA, as I guy I graduated with is a DOT inspector, and he wasn't a state trooper before he got the job. I'm pretty sure that he took some courses in mechanics at a local tech school, and then just applied through the state...

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers in WA. are part of the State patrol. They have been able to carry firearms for a few years now.
There's a website in WA. that you can go to, and it will tell you the long list of requirements to be a CVE officer.

Missouri is the same, they have to be state troopers.
You can be hired as a D.O.T officer, but you have to complete traning, and become a state trooper before you can be assigned to that area.
I tryed that myself two years ago.