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Jobs in the field of criminal justice are plentiful,
with over 700,000 positions estimated to exist
nationally. The State of Washington alone has over
10,000 sworn police positions in local police
departments and county sheriff's offices, not including
civilian positions in these agencies. The Seattle Police
Department, for example, has over 600 non-sworn
positions such as records clerk, administrative
specialists, and evidence technicians. A sampling of
potential criminal justice career opportunities is
contained in the following, but by no means exhaustive,
list.
- State police agencies and highway patrols (49
agencies; none in Hawaii)
- Local police departments:
municipal, township, village police (approximately
16,000 agencies nationally; approximately sworn law
enforcement positions in the state of Washington)
- Police officer
- Detective
- K-9 Officer;
- Motorcycle Officer
- Mounted Patrol
- Bicycle Officer
- Bomb Squad
- Swat Team
- Hostage Negotiator
- County Sheriff's departments (approximately 3,200
agencies)
- University police departments
- Federal Law
Enforcement
- Prosecuting attorney*; District
attorney*
- City attorney*; City prosecutor*
- United States Attorney*
- Criminal defense attorney*
- Judge*
- Paralegal
- Court reporter
- Bailiff
- Court clerk
- Judicial administrator
* Requires a graduate degree from an accredited
School of Law
- Uniform jail and prison corrections officers
- Prison
superintendents
- Campus security officer
- Corporate and industrial security
manager
- Uniform and undercover security
officer
- VIP security (Bodyguard)
- Private investigator
- Polygraph specialist
- Emergency Dispatcher
- Probation and parole officer
- Criminologist
- Social worker
- Military police
- Tribal police
- Forensics
- Laboratory technician / criminalist
/ evidence specialist
- Forensic psychology
- Forensic psychiatry
- Forensic anthropology
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