Police Detectives
Conduct investigations to prevent crimes or solve criminal cases.
Also called: Detective, Fugitive Detective, Investigator, Police Detective
Knowledge:
- law and government
- public safety and security
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- quickly know what you are looking at
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Technology:
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Visio
Data base user interface and query software
- DataWorks Plus Digital CrimeScene
- Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS
