How do they match: Detectives and Criminal Investigators

  • Detectives and Criminal Investigators

  • Search for and collect evidence, such as fingerprints, using investigative equipment.
  • Analyze completed police reports to determine what additional information and investigative work is needed.
  • Organize scene search, assigning specific tasks and areas of search to individual officers and obtaining adequate lighting as necessary.
  • Prepare reports that detail investigation findings.
  • Prepare and serve search and arrest warrants.
  • Record progress of investigation, maintain informational files on suspects, and submit reports to commanding officer or magistrate to authorize warrants.

  • Prepare investigation or incident reports.