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

  • 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.

  • Direct traffic flow and reroute traffic in case of emergencies.
  • Photograph or draw diagrams of crime or accident scenes and interview principals and eyewitnesses.
  • Locate and confiscate real or personal property, as directed by court order.
  • Question individuals entering secured areas to determine their business, directing and rerouting individuals as necessary.

  • Direct law enforcement activities.
  • Direct vehicle traffic.