Police Detective

Investigate Crimes
• Police officer

• Detective

• Criminal investigator

• Corrections, Parole, or Probation officer

• Warden

• Security investigator or specialist

• Lawyer
• The primary duty of sheriffs and
police officers is to enforce the law.
They help the community fight
criminals by making arrests,
assisting people with emergency
situations, investigating crimes,
helping prosecute criminals by
collecting and securing evidence,
testifying in court, and writing
detailed reports.
• Written & presentation skills

• Understanding societies' reaction to crimes

• Considerations of gender & race

• Quantitative skills

• High degree of physical fitness and ability to work under pressure

• Ability to work independently and as well as being part of a team.

• Understand and respect values and workings of the legal system.

• Ethics and moral values

• The U.S. Department of Labor has
predicted that by 2010 there will be
more than a 29% increase in the
demand for FBI Agents, Police
Officers, Private Detectives, U.S.
Customs Agents and many others,
but the growing emphasis on
homeland security has created an
unprecedented demand for criminal
justice and security professionals.
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• Legal secretaries earned a median
salary of $40,550 in 2006
• Median annual earnings of law office
managers were $37,240 in May
2006, with the middle 50 percent
earning between $30,240 and
$46,160. Some earned
considerably more depending on
seniority and responsibilities.
• Mediators with a JD earned between
$82,780 and $109,490
• Healthy background
• Good thinking skills
• Good morals
• It will be great if your family has ties
in your career
• You could move from regular cop to
FBI agent.
• Or become chief of a police
department.
• Inmate crowding has increased in many correctional
facilities. The ratio of inmates to custody or security
employees rose from 4.2 to 4.6 between 1990 and
1995.
• Inmate assaults against correctional staff in State and
Federal Prisons have increase between 1990 and
19995, the number of attacks jumped by nearly
one-third, from 10,731 to 14,165. During this same
period, the number of correctional officers increased
by only 14 percent, resulting in an overall increased
risk of assault for each individual officer at the end
of this period.
• Many offenders serving increasingly longer sentences
do not fear punishment or respect the authority of
correctional officers. According to one
superintendent,
• "Inmates today aren't afraid to assault staff; they don't
care if they get put in segregation." There are also
• What I like most is that it can keep
me busy and I can help people.
• What I like least is all the pressure
that is put on you.
• This career will work because I really
enjoy the things I hear about them.