How do they match: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

  • State Highway Police Officer
  • State Patrol Officer
  • State Trooper

  • Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.

  • Notify patrol units to take violators into custody or to provide needed assistance or medical aid.
  • Patrol specific area on foot, horseback, or motorized conveyance, responding promptly to calls for assistance.
  • Process prisoners, and prepare and maintain records of prisoner bookings and prisoner status during booking and pre-trial process.
  • Provide road information to assist motorists.
  • Serve statements of claims, subpoenas, summonses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and other court orders.

  • Assist motorists or pedestrians.
  • Interview people to obtain information about actions or status of individuals.
  • Respond to emergencies to provide assistance.