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.

  • Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Direct vehicle traffic.
  • Locate suspicious objects or vehicles.