Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 1193. Qualifications of force

(a) No applicant shall be appointed to the Pennsylvania State Police Force until he has satisfactorily passed a physical and mental examination, based upon the standard provided by the rules and regulations of the police force of the cities of the first class, in addition to which each applicant must be a citizen of the United States, and of sound constitution, able to ride, of good moral character, and between the ages of twenty-one and forty years.

(b) When any person who has been honorably discharged from service in the armed forces of the United States during any war or armed conflict in which the United States was engaged, and has successfully passed the examinations as required by this section, and shall thus establish he possesses the qualifications required by law for appointment to the Pennsylvania State Police Force, such person's examination shall be marked or graded an additional ten points above the mark or grade credited for the examination, and the total mark or grade thus obtained shall represent the final mark or grade of such person, and shall determine his standing on any eligible list.

(c) When any person who is the child of any State trooper killed in the line of duty has successfully passed the examinations as required by this section, and shall thus establish that he possesses the qualifications required by law for appointment to the Pennsylvania State Police Force, such person's examination shall be marked or graded an additional ten points above the mark or grade credited for the examination, and the total mark or grade thus obtained shall represent the final mark or grade of such person, and shall determine his standing on any eligible list. The preference granted by this subsection shall be available only to persons who are ineligible for the veterans' preference permitted by subsection (b).