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

  • Special Deputy
  • Special Deputy Sheriff
  • Special Police Officer
  • Special Weapons and Tactics Team Member
  • 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.

  • Inform citizens of community services and recommend options to facilitate longer-term problem resolution.
  • Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests.
  • Evaluate complaint and emergency-request information to determine response requirements.
  • Patrol specific area on foot, horseback, or motorized conveyance, responding promptly to calls for assistance.
  • Provide road information to assist motorists.
  • Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers.

  • Inform the public about policies, services or procedures.
  • Communicate health and wellness information to the public.
  • Interview people to gather information about criminal activities.
  • Interview people to obtain information about actions or status of individuals.
  • Present social services program information to the public.
  • Record information about suspects or criminals.
  • Relay information about incidents or emergencies to personnel using phones or two-way radios.