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

  • Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Alcohol Law 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.

  • Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests.
  • Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
  • Patrol and guard courthouses, grand jury rooms, or assigned areas to provide security, enforce laws, maintain order, and arrest violators.
  • Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations.
  • Review facts of incidents to determine if criminal act or statute violations were involved.
  • Supervise law enforcement staff, such as jail staff, officers, and deputy sheriffs.
  • Testify in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic and criminal cases.
  • Verify that the proper legal charges have been made against law offenders.

  • Apprehend criminal suspects.
  • Direct law enforcement activities.
  • Interview people to gather information about criminal activities.
  • Record information about suspects or criminals.