Police and Detectives

By: Gerardo Sanchez

Outline

How to become a police or detective Earnings

Requirements to become a police

Nature Of The Work

• Protect Lives and property • Most of there time is not on the force it

usually doing paper work• Allot of hard work and dedication for

becoming a agent of any sort.

Police work can be very dangerous and stressful

40hrs week Over time in common

Work over holidays & nights

Training & Other Qualification

• Need a collage degree or higher.

• Some departments require 1 or 2 coursework.

• 21 yrs or older• 3 to 12 months of

training.

Job Outlook

• Population growth is the main source of demand for police service

• Layoffs are rare• Many opening will be when either people

retire or leave the job

Earning

• The middle 50% earned between $38,850 and $64,940.

• People that work for government get about $46,620

• If you work for state government you get about $57,270

• If you like working in crime investigators your going to get about $45,930 to $81,490

Related Occupations

• Fire Fighters• Private detective & Investigators• Security guars • Emergency technicians • Paramedics

Sources Of Additional Information

• Http://www.hlera.org• Http://www.theiacp.org• http://www.umsl.edu

Review

Earnings Requirements

TrainingHow to become a agent

Working Conditions

Thank you

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