Darius+Aldamuy+Career+Profile

[|Tasks.]

//**Most Police Officers enforce the law.** Some testify at court, if they arrest some body they would have to say why and what that person did to get arrested. Almost all police officers catch criminals and get evidence from a crime scene. (homicide, a Big fight, etc.). Some Police officers give out parking tickets. Loitering meaning if your in the park after the time the park closes and the Police Officers see you, you can get a ticket. Traffic cops give out tickets to people that continue going after the red light. The Traffic cop also give tickets out to people that park in the wrong place or some where that you are not supposed to park.//

[|Level of education required]

 //The level of education required to become a Police Officer or a Detective you have to at least pass high School. you can go to college but only some stations require a college degree. Some departments require you to go to college for 1 or 2 years of college course work. To become a police officer you have to pass a written test, you also have to have at lease some work experience. Many units encourage new recruits to take a college course in police work. Most police officers learn what they need to know on the job, a lot of times Police Officers and Detectives learn more in the agency's training.//

//[|Salary]//

//The average starting salary for a Police Officer is $30,070. After a while that a police officer has worked at a station the average they will earn $51,410. The highest a Police officer will earn on average is $79,680.//

[|Future] [| Prospects Chances Of Getting This job] //In 2008 Police and Detectives held at least 883,600 jobs. About 79% were employed by local governments. The State Police agencies hired about 11%. Some cities have big police forces. While thousands of communities have about 25 Police officers each.//

[|Average hours spent on the job.] Almost all police and detectives spend at least 40 hours on the job. When the police officers and detectives spend more hours on the job they get extra pay.

[|high school] To get a job as a Police Officer you need to at least get a High school Diploma. You only need a HS Diploma because a college degree doesn't really mean anything in the Police force. It just that you are a little smarter. But as a cop they say you get smarter on the job.

[|what do i need to do in college] What you need to do in college to become a Police officer is really nothing. you do not need a college for all federal agencies. //Some just require that you have an HS Diploma. Sometimes you have to participate in sports. Great stamina and Agility is helpful a lot for many law enforcement positions.//