50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

__________________________________________________ Enterprising Occupations: Police Detectives

Recruitment, and Placement Specialists; Training

and Development Specialists.

Skills: Management of Personnel Resources; Nego-

tiation; Persuasion; Management of Financial

Resources; Service Orientation; Judgment and Deci-

sion Making; Monitoring; Active Listening.

Education and Training Programs: Human

Resources Management/Personnel Administration,

General; Labor and Industrial Relations. Related

Knowledge/Courses: Personnel and Human

Resources; Clerical Practices; Sales and Marketing;

Education and Training; Administration and Man-

agement; Communications and Media.

Work Environment: Indoors; sitting.

Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Of! cers

See Police Patrol Offi cers (a Realistic job) and Sheriff s

and Deputy Sheriff s (a Enterprising job), described

separately.

Police Detectives

! Personality Code: EI

! Education/Training Required: Work
experience in a related occupation
! Annual Earnings: $59,930

! Beginning Wage: $35,600

! Earnings Growth Potential: High

! Growth: 17.3%

! Annual Job Openings: 14,746

! Self-Employed: 0.3%

! Part-Time: 2.2%

! e job openings listed here are shared with Criminal

Investigators and Special Agents, with Immigration and

Customs Inspectors, and with Police Identifi cation and

Records Offi cers.

Conduct investigations to prevent crimes or solve

criminal cases. Provide testimony as witnesses in

court. Secure deceased bodies and obtain evidence

from them, preventing bystanders from tamper-

ing with bodies prior to medical examiners’ arrival.

Examine crime scenes to obtain clues and evidence

such as loose hairs, fi bers, clothing, or weapons.

Obtain evidence from suspects. Record progress of

investigations, maintain informational fi les on sus-

pects, and submit reports to commanding offi cers

or magistrates to authorize warrants. Check victims

for signs of life such as breathing and pulse. Prepare

charges or responses to charges, or information for

court cases, according to formalized procedures.

Obtain facts or statements from complainants, wit-

nesses, and accused persons and record interviews,

using recording devices. Prepare and serve search and

arrest warrants. Note, mark, and photograph loca-

tions of objects found such as footprints, tire tracks,

bullets, and bloodstains, and take measurements of

each scene. Question individuals or observe persons

and establishments to confi rm information given to

patrol offi cers. Preserve, process, and analyze items

of evidence obtained from crime scenes and suspects,

placing them in proper containers and destroying

evidence no longer needed. Secure persons at scenes,

keeping witnesses from conversing or leaving scenes

before investigators arrive. Take photographs from

all angles of relevant parts of crime scenes, includ-

ing entrance and exit routes and streets and intersec-

tions. Analyze completed police reports to determine

what additional information and investigative work

is needed. Obtain summary of incidents from offi -

cers in charge at crime scenes, taking care to avoid

disturbing evidence. Provide information to lab per-

sonnel concerning the source of each item of evi-

dence and tests to be performed. Examine records

and governmental agency fi les to fi nd identifying

data about suspects. Block or rope off scenes and

check perimeters to ensure that scenes are completely

secured. Summon medical help for injured individ-

uals and alert medical personnel to take statements

from them. Observe and photograph narcotic pur-

chase transactions to compile evidence and protect

undercover investigators.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 12. Law and Pub-

lic Safety. Work Group: 12.04. Law Enforcement

and Public Safety. Other Jobs in " is Work Group:

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