What Should I Major in to Become a Police Patrol Officer?
These college majors are closest related to this career (actual program names will vary from school to school).
- Criminal Justice/Police Science
- Criminalistics and Criminal Science
- Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations
- Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing
- Law Enforcement Record-Keeping and Evidence Management
- Maritime Law Enforcement
- Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services
- Protective Services Operations
Required Education
High School Diploma usually needed for this career
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- Bailiffs
- Correctional Officers and Jailers
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Police Detectives
- Police Identification and Records Officers
- Criminal Investigators and Special Agents
- Immigration and Customs Inspectors
- Intelligence Analysts
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Parking Enforcement Workers
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
- Transit and Railroad Police