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

  • Civil Process Server
  • Community Service Officer
  • Community Service Patrol Officer
  • Protective Service Specialist

  • 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.

  • Serve statements of claims, subpoenas, summonses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and other court orders.
  • Direct traffic flow and reroute traffic in case of emergencies.
  • Evaluate complaint and emergency-request information to determine response requirements.
  • Inform citizens of community services and recommend options to facilitate longer-term problem resolution.
  • Notify patrol units to take violators into custody or to provide needed assistance or medical aid.
  • 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.
  • Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers.
  • Transport or escort prisoners and defendants en route to courtrooms, prisons or jails, attorneys' offices, or medical facilities.

  • Serve court ordered documents.
  • Inform the public about policies, services or procedures.
  • Present social services program information to the public.
  • Relay information about incidents or emergencies to personnel using phones or two-way radios.
  • Respond to emergencies to provide assistance.