Police Patrol Officers
Patrol assigned area to enforce laws and ordinances, regulate traffic, control crowds, prevent crime, and arrest violators.
Also called: Patrol Officer, Police Officer, Police Patrol Officer, State Trooper
Knowledge:
- public safety and security
- law and government
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- understanding people's reactions
- bringing people together to solve differences
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Attention to Detail
- Stress Tolerance
- Leadership
Technology:
Data base user interface and query software
- Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS
- Microsoft Access
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Microsoft Visio
- SmugMug Flickr
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Excel
Education:
certificate after high school
