Police Patrol Officer Alexis Fields

Skills or Interests Required For This Career Ability to Multi-Task Communication skills Empathetic personality Good judgment Leadership Skills Perceptiveness Strength and stamina Skills or Interests Required For This Career

Education and Training High School diploma College degree Must graduate from their agency’s training academy Education and Training

Tasks, Job Responsibilities, Enforce laws Respond to calls for service Patrol assigned areas Conduct traffic stops and issue citations Arrest Suspects Write detailed reports and fill out forms Prepare cases and testify in court Tasks, Job Responsibilities, and Duties

Working Conditions Required to work in all weather conditions Out doors Noisy crowds Sometimes office Working Conditions

Job Outlook and Salary $53,540 for Police and Sheriff patrol officers Employment expected to grow by 7% from 2012-2020 Continued demand for public safety will lead to more openings for officers in local departments Job Outlook and Salary

Sources Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/police-and-detectives.htm O*NET OnLine http://www.onetonline.org/ INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION of CHIEFS of POLICE http://www.theiacp.org/ Sources

Most Appealing Aspects of This Career Serving and protecting the Community Following a career of my father’s Most Appealing Aspects of This Career

Displeasing Aspects of This Career Not knowing how risky each situation will be Not knowing if you will be injured in the line of duty Being in the line of gun fire Displeasing Aspects of This Career

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