Tips for Entry
Take classes while in high school to prepare for enrollment in a two- or four-year college degree program in criminal justice or a related field.
Take a training course in self-defense or martial arts through a private facility or your local parks department.
Take a class and become certified in the safe use and handling of firearms and other weapons.
Pursue part-time, volunteer, or summer work that may be available in psychiatric hospitals and other institutions providing physical and emotional counseling and services.
Consider obtaining a civilian job as a clerk or other worker for the police department or other protective service organization.
Related Professions
- Airport Security Personnel
- Bail Bondsmen
- Bailiffs
- Bodyguards
- Border Patrol Agents
- Bounty Hunters
- Court Interpreters and Translators
- Court Reporters
- Crime Analysts
- Criminal Lawyers
- Customs Officials
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Detectives
- Directors of Security
- Emergency Management Directors
- Emergency Medical Technicians
- Emergency Services Dispatchers
- FBI Agents
- Fire Inspectors
- Fire Investigators
- Fire Protection Engineers
- Fire Safety Directors
- Fire Safety Technicians
- Firefighters
- Forensic Experts
- Forensic Meteorologists
- Forest Fire Prevention Specialists
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Genetic Genealogists
- Intelligence Officers
- Judges
- Lawyers
- Legal Nurse Consultants
- Legal Secretaries
- Paralegals
- Park Rangers
- Parole Officers
- Police Officers
- Polygraph Examiners
- Process Servers
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards
- Wildland Firefighters