Criminal Justice Duties

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the police officers, detectives, and criminal investigators perform varies of duties that include protecting and serving the community by securing lives of the citizens and property and gathering data and evidence of possible crimes to ensure the safety of the community. Their main obligation is to pursue and apprehend for those who violates the law by issuing warnings, citations, or arresting them. The police officers tend to focus more on responding to emergency calls, issuing traffic tickets to those who break the law and provide first aid assistance to accident victims. While the detectives and criminal investigators emphasis on the investigative duties which include gathering data and …show more content…
However, they are all required to write detailed reports and secure any records and data that will be needed for a testimony in the courts.

The state and local law enforcement operate at their designated areas under their jurisdiction. Several jobs include uniformed police officers, state police officers, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and detectives and criminal investigators. The uniformed police officers, for example, follow the general law enforcement duties that were listed above. These officers are easily identified by the public due to the blue uniforms. They also regularly patrol assigned areas to observe any sign of criminal activity and respond to emergency and nonemergency calls. State police officers, also known as highway patrol officers, share the same duties as the uniformed police officer but focus more on enforcing traffic laws and issuing traffic citations. The sheriffs and deputy sheriffs reinforce the law at the county level and sometimes "operate at county jails and provide services in local courts." Detectives and criminal investigators priority are to gather and collect crucial facts, data, and evidence for criminal cases at the local and state level. Their duties specialize in investigating intensive