# 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. Includes police officers working at educational institutions. - Code: 33-3051.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 33-3051) - Family: [Protective Service](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-33), one of its 28 occupations - Tasks: 30 tasks (28 core and 2 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3051.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/33-3051.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts. Core task · Task 23051 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 2. Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations. Core task · Task 23052 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 3. Record facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities. Core task · Task 23053 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 4. Render aid to accident survivors and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries. Core task · Task 23054 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 5. Review facts of incidents to determine if criminal act or statute violations were involved. Core task · Task 23056 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 6. Investigate illegal or suspicious activities. Core task · Task 23055 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 7. Monitor, note, report, and investigate suspicious persons and situations, safety hazards, and unusual or illegal activity in patrol area. Core task · Task 23057 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 8. Testify in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic and criminal cases. Core task · Task 23058 · Rated by 128 people who do the job, August 2022 9. Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers. Core task · Task 23061 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 10. Monitor traffic to ensure motorists observe traffic regulations and exhibit safe driving procedures. Core task · Task 23060 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 11. Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests. Core task · Task 23059 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, August 2022 12. Execute arrest warrants, locating and taking persons into custody. Core task · Task 23065 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 13. Patrol and guard courthouses, grand jury rooms, or assigned areas to provide security, enforce laws, maintain order, and arrest violators. Core task · Task 23072 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, August 2022 14. Photograph or draw diagrams of crime or accident scenes and interview principals and eyewitnesses. Core task · Task 23063 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 15. Evaluate complaint and emergency-request information to determine response requirements. Core task · Task 23064 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 16. Patrol specific area on foot, horseback, or motorized conveyance, responding promptly to calls for assistance. Core task · Task 23066 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 17. Investigate traffic accidents and other accidents to determine causes and to determine if a crime has been committed. Core task · Task 23067 · Rated by 128 people who do the job, August 2022 18. Verify that the proper legal charges have been made against law offenders. Core task · Task 23062 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 19. Transport or escort prisoners and defendants en route to courtrooms, prisons or jails, attorneys' offices, or medical facilities. Core task · Task 23073 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 20. Direct traffic flow and reroute traffic in case of emergencies. Core task · Task 23068 · Rated by 129 people who do the job, August 2022 21. Question individuals entering secured areas to determine their business, directing and rerouting individuals as necessary. Core task · Task 23071 · Rated by 81 people who do the job, August 2022 22. Notify patrol units to take violators into custody or to provide needed assistance or medical aid. Core task · Task 23069 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 23. Place people in protective custody. Core task · Task 23079 · Rated by 80 people who do the job, August 2022 24. Serve statements of claims, subpoenas, summonses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and other court orders. Core task · Task 23070 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 25. Inform citizens of community services and recommend options to facilitate longer-term problem resolution. Core task · Task 23074 · Rated by 128 people who do the job, August 2022 26. Locate and confiscate real or personal property, as directed by court order. Core task · Task 23075 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 27. Provide road information to assist motorists. Core task · Task 23076 · Rated by 128 people who do the job, August 2022 28. Conduct community programs for all ages concerning topics such as drugs and violence. Core task · Task 23080 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 29. Process prisoners, and prepare and maintain records of prisoner bookings and prisoner status during booking and pre-trial process. Supplemental task · Task 23077 · Rated by 127 people who do the job, August 2022 30. Supervise law enforcement staff, such as jail staff, officers, and deputy sheriffs. Supplemental task · Task 23078 · Rated by 82 people who do the job, August 2022 ## More in Protective Service - [Animal Control Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9011.00): 15 tasks - [Bailiffs](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3011.00): 15 tasks - [Correctional Officers and Jailers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3012.00): 27 tasks - [Crossing Guards and Flaggers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9091.00): 12 tasks - [Customs and Border Protection Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3051.04): 11 tasks - [Detectives and Criminal Investigators](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3021.00): 30 tasks - [Fire Inspectors and Investigators](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-2021.00): 30 tasks - [Firefighters](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-2011.00): 30 tasks - [First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-1011.00): 23 tasks - [First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-1021.00): 30 tasks - [First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-1012.00): 20 tasks - [First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-1099.00): no tasks listed - [First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-1091.00): 21 tasks - [Fish and Game Wardens](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3031.00): 24 tasks - [Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-2022.00): 16 tasks - [Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9031.00): 8 tasks - [Intelligence Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3021.06): 21 tasks - [Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9092.00): 15 tasks - [Parking Enforcement Workers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3041.00): 22 tasks - [Police Identification and Records Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3021.02): 15 tasks - [Private Detectives and Investigators](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9021.00): 14 tasks - [Protective Service Workers, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9099.00): no tasks listed - [Retail Loss Prevention Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9099.02): 21 tasks - [School Bus Monitors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9094.00): 18 tasks - [Security Guards](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9032.00): 14 tasks - [Transit and Railroad Police](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-3052.00): 12 tasks - [Transportation Security Screeners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/33-9093.00): 26 tasks ## Where this comes from Quoted from O*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, under CC BY 4.0: free to copy and reuse, with credit. 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