Occupational Employment Statistics
33-3051 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, State, or Federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts.
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Southeast Minnesota
| 720 | 61 | $31.12/hr | $18.76/hr | $26.58/hr | $31.89/hr | $37.00/hr | $40.93/hr |
| Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
| Public Administration | 9,690 | $35.56/hr |
- Record facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities.
- Monitor, note, report, and investigate suspicious persons and situations, safety hazards, and unusual or illegal activity in patrol area.
- Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
- Record daily activities and submit logs and other related reports and paperwork to appropriate authorities.
- Monitor traffic to ensure motorists observe traffic regulations and exhibit safe driving procedures.
- Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests.
- Issue citations or warnings to violators of motor vehicle ordinances.
- Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers.
- Patrol specific area on foot, horseback, or motorized conveyance, responding promptly to calls for assistance.
- Verify that the proper legal charges have been made against law offenders.