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

  • Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

  • Officer
  • Accident Prevention Squad Police Officer
  • Border Patrol Officer
  • Campus Police Officer
  • Canine Police Officer
  • Certified Police Officer
  • Community Service Officer
  • Community Service Patrol Officer
  • Complaint Evaluation Officer
  • Crime Prevention Police Officer
  • Customs Patrol Officer
  • DARE Officer
  • Desk Officer
  • Drug Abuse Resistance Education Officer
  • Enforcement Officer
  • Highway Patrol Officer
  • K-9 Police Officer
  • Lateral Police Officer
  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Military Police Officer
  • Mobile Security Officer
  • Patrol Officer
  • Patrol Park Officer
  • Peace Officer
  • Police Officer
  • Police Booking Officer
  • Police Park Officer
  • Police Patrol Officer
  • Protective Officer
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Safety Instruction Police Officer
  • Safety Patrol Officer
  • School Resource Officer
  • Security Officer
  • Sheriff's Officer
  • Special Police Officer
  • State Highway Police Officer
  • State Patrol Officer
  • Uniform Patrol Police Officer
  • University Police Officer

  • 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.
  • Evaluate complaint and emergency-request information to determine response requirements.
  • Provide road information to assist motorists.
  • Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers.
  • Supervise law enforcement staff, such as jail staff, officers, and deputy sheriffs.
  • Transport or escort prisoners and defendants en route to courtrooms, prisons or jails, attorneys' offices, or medical facilities.

  • 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.