The "People Power" Job Superbook Book 14. Criminal Justice Job Guide (Police, Prison Guards, Federal Security, Immigration, Forensics, Locksmith) (Electronic book text)

Within law enforcement, there are many different jobs ranging from the street cop in a high crime, low income area to crime scene analysts and fingerprint experts to computer operators and increasingly, computer security experts. The base to any career in security is to major in either Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice at either a community college, vocational school or a regular college. Some courses are two years long, others are the standard four year B.A. or BSc. As a youngster, don't get in trouble and don't get too many traffic tickets because they may check up on you and if you look like a nonconformist in any way, they will drop you. Attitude is everything. They want a levelheaded conservative. Offshoot jobs are canine unit, working with a dog and the many high tech methods and gadgets coming onto the forefront. If you want to be a police officer, there are probably several levels in your state; local municipality, county, state and federal (Capitol police,