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

  • Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

  • State Highway Police Officer
  • State Patrol Officer
  • State Trooper
  • ALE Agent
  • Alcohol Law Enforcement Agent
  • Border Patrol Agent
  • Drug Enforcement Agent
  • Special Weapons and Tactics Team Member

  • 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.

  • Conduct community programs for all ages concerning topics such as drugs and violence.
  • Process prisoners, and prepare and maintain records of prisoner bookings and prisoner status during booking and pre-trial process.
  • Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers.
  • Serve statements of claims, subpoenas, summonses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and other court orders.

  • Interview people to obtain information about actions or status of individuals.