7/25 Annotation: Types of Sworn Law Enforcement Careers

In “Types of Sworn Law Enforcement Careers” Discoverpolicing.org talks about the different kinds of police work can pick or do when joining law enforcement. People depend on police and detectives to protect their lives and property, but there is a different kind of “police” for every scene or situation, it might be a robbery, or it might be a murder, not just any cop can show up to the scene and solve it. First is the uniformed police officer, the one everyone sees, loves, hates, they are the ones protecting the streets and responding to 911 calls. Some of the things they do awhile on scenes are direct bystanders away from an accident, investigate a murder scene, or give medical aid to a person in an accident. Awhile on duty, they can also may identify, pursue, and arrest criminals; resolve problems within the community, and enforce traffic laws. Second are the sheriffs and deputies that enforce entire counties or cities that don’t have their own police department, they are very similar to the standard uniformed police officer. Third are the state police officers or troopers, their job is to enforce the law on the highway or redirect traffic that has happened on the highways. Fourth are the specialized assignment officers, they are responsible for “Officers can specialize in a particular field, such as chemical and microscopic analysis, training and firearms instruction, or handwriting and fingerprint identification.” Other types of specialized policemen are horseback, bicycle, motorcycle, or harbor patrol. Fifth are the detectives, they are the ones that gather information and try to solve murder or bring down drug deals, it takes a keen eye to recognize details at a scene to be a detective. Last are the fish and game wardens, they are the ones keeping regulations on fishing, hunting, and boating laws.

 

Source: http://discoverpolicing.org/whats_like/?fa=types_careers