Police officer - Salary, Career

How much does an Police officer earn

A Police officer earns between $1.270 and $5.909 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.539 and a median salary of $2.356 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 15 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Police officer
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.539	30.471	635	12
1º Quartile	1.270	15.240	318	6
Median Salary	2.356	28.267	589	12
3º Quartile	4.507	54.080	1.127	22
Higher Salary	5.909	70.911	1.477	29

Professional job categories

Middle level technicians
- medium level technicians in administrative sciences
- - technicians of administrative sciences
- - - investigation and identification agents

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Investigation and identification agents police investigators and police papilloscopists work in public administration, security and defense bodies, as statutory bodies. Professional detectives work in personal service or self-employed companies. The work of these occupations is usually carried out in teams, under occasional supervision. The professionals work indoors, outdoors or in vehicles, at irregular and varied hours, with or without shift rotation. May be subject to pressure situations, exposure of toxic material and risk of death.

What does it take to work in the field of Investigation and identification agents

The exercise of these occupations requires high school education and professional training of 200 to 400 class hours (police investigators) and more than 400 class hours (professional detectives). Papilloscopists are qualified in specialized courses, with more than four hundred class hours, taught by police academies. Higher education is required for federal police papilloscopists.

Functions and activities of Police officer

Investigation and identification agents must:

custodiar prinos;

manage crisis;

investigate crimes;

inspect documents, objects and crime scenes;

making arrests;

communicate;

scan documents, objects, and crime scenes;

make arrests;

prevent crime;

demonstrate personal skills;

make arrests;

organize papilloscopic records;

making arrests;

custodiar detainees;

custodiar prisoners;

expert documents, objects and crime scenes;

plan investigation;

plan research;

identify persons and corpses;

Activities

find suspects;

rescue hostages;

demonstrate visual ability;

act with common sense;

plan papilloscopic work;

qualify the person (collect personal data);

search suspicious people and places;

produce statistics;

drive vehicles offensively and defensively;

proceed with preventive forum scan;

detect regions with high crime rate;

block lost or stolen identity card validity;

check documents;

find fingerprints;

complete court orders;

collect evidence of crime;

update papiloscopy museum collection;

archive individual dactyloscopic records;

reporting the parties involved in the crime to the police authority;

interrogate indicted or suspects;

drive vehicles in an offensive and defensive manner;

photograph people, objects and places;

check documentation in business transactions;

demonstrate courage;

confront witnesses and suspects;

escort detainees and juvenile offenders;

attest to the veracity of identity documents;

preserve crime scene;

observe places and people (make a bell);

keep looking good;

improve papilloscopy techniques;

using artifices and disguises;

make cadaver gloves;

reveal latent digit-papillary impressions;

keep up to date;

protect people;

maintain professional ethics;

seize weapons;

assist in the reconstruction of crimes and locations;

monitor visits to prisoners;

compose research panels;

save values and objects;

show patience;

isolate location;

confront fingerprints, palms and soles;

assist in the reenactment of crimes and locations;

bear testimony;

protect assets;

take a detainee for urgent treatment;

teach papilloscopy techniques;

act with civility and respect;

infiltrate among suspects for investigation;

act discreetly;

set up barriers for investigations;

provide relief to victims;

issue expert reports and technical opinions;

classify fingerprints and palms;

work as a team;

mark characteristic points in the fingerprints;

map victims and suspects meeting places;

operate optical and digital image processing devices;

ensure physical and moral integrity of the prisoner;

request the presence of family members;

search in dactyloscopic and onomastic files;

archive fragments of digit-papillary impressions;

request firefighters, snipers, air support;

bringing the parties involved in the crime to the police authority;

monitor execution of warrants;

visit district locks;

approach suspicious persons and vehicles;

issue background certificate;

demonstrate insight;

collect testimonials and statements;

profile the offender;

chat in code;

prepare composite sketch;

check reports;

exchange information with similar bodies in the country and abroad;

intermediate negotiations;

physically empower yourself;

driving a prisoner for forensic examination;

list witnesses;

run special rounds;

handle weapons;

collect fingerprints, palms and soles;

provide recognition of suspects and objects;

subpoena people;

work as a team;

report;

analyze occurrences;

draw sketches of the crime scene;

interview people;

Sectors that hire Police officer the most in the job market

general public administration
retailer of clothing and accessories
securities and securities brokers
computer training
technical level vocational education

Police officer - Career description, activities, functions and salary