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Shoreline Community College Criminal Justice Program
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
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.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT
- 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)
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Police officer
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Detective
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K-9 Officer;
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Motorcycle Officer
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Mounted Patrol
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Bicycle Officer
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Bomb Squad
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Swat Team
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Hostage Negotiator
- County Sheriff's departments (approximately 3,200 agencies)
- University police departments
- Federal Law Enforcement
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LAW 
- 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
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OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE CAREER POSSIBILITIES
- 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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