Police Officers, Patrol Officers

Municipal, Township Police (Muhlenberg Township), Borough Police (i.e. The Borough of Wyomissing), Town Police (i.e. The Town of Bloomsburg, PA, “town” is used frequently in New York and north eastern states)

City
(i.e. Reading City, City of Philadelphia, New York City, Allentown
City)

Regional
(i.e. Northern Berks Regional, Central Berks Regional, Northern York Regional)

County
Maryland - Montgomery County Police, Virginia - Arlington County Police, New Jersey- Bergen County Police

State
Pennsylvania State Police www.psp.state.pa.us
Maryland State Police http://www.mdsp.maryland.gov/mdsp/default.asp
New York State Police www.troopers.state.ny.us
New Jersey State Police www.njsp.org
Ohio Highway Patrol www.state.oh.us/ohiostatepatrol
Florida Highway Patrol www.fhp.state.fl.us
California Highway Patrol www.chp.ca.gov

Federal
Federal jobs  www.usajobs.com
Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent (DEA) www.usdoj.gov/dea
Federal Aviation Administration Air Marshal http://jobs.faa.gov
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent (FBI) www.fbi.gov
Secret Service www.ustreas.gov/organization/employment/index.html
Uniformed Division of Secret Service www.secretservice.gov/opportunities.shtml
United States Capitol Police www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei51.asp
United States Marshal www.usdoj.gov/marshals/careers/career.html
United States Park Police www.nps.gov/uspp/tindex.htm
United State Postal Inspector www.usps.com/postalinspectors

Military
Naval Investigative Service www.ncis.navy.mil

Colleges
Temple University Police www.temple.edu/safety
Penn State University Police www.psu.edu/dept/police/home.htm
Kutztown University Police www.kutztown.edu/admin/PublicSafety
Washington DC- George Washington University Police www.gwired.gwu.edu/upd

Schools
(Sometimes police and also limited authority truant officer) Philadelphia School District Police Los Angeles School District Police www.laspd.com

Sheriff
Berks County Sheriff www.usacops.com/pa/s19601
Philadelphia County Sheriff www.phillysheriff.com
Florida - Collier County Sheriff
California – Los Angeles County Sheriff
Found in all states; yes even in Hawaii.

Commissions
(Law Enforcement Officers – specific powers)
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Waterways Cons. Officer www.fish.state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer www.scsc.state.pa.us
PA State Police Liquor Control Enforcement Officer http://www.psp.state.pa.us/psp/site/default.asp
Delaware River Port Authority Policewww.drpa.org
District Attorney’s Detectives (i.e. Berks County Detectives, Delaware County C.I.D., many District Attorneys have detectives or investigators, particularly large counties)

Investigative Agencies
(some have arrest powers and some do not depending upon their mission)

County
Berks County Children Youth http://www.co.berks.pa.us/berks/cwp/view.asp?a=1160&q=444951
Department of Public Welfare www.dpw.state.pa.us/oa/oaEmpOpp.asp
Office of Public Defender Investigator
Berks County Coroner’s Office Investigator, Deputy Coroner State Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General www.oig.state.pa.us/inspgen/site/default.asp
Probation & Parole
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Investigator
Federal
Central Intelligence Agency Agents http://www.cia.gov/employment/index.html
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Inv. www.eeoc.gov/soars/index.html
Security and Exchange Commission Investigator www.sec.gov/jobs.shtml
County, Adult (Berks County Adult Probation) Juvenile (Berks County Juvenile Probation)

State(Pennsylvania Department of Probation and Parole
State Parole Agent

Federal(Federal Probation and Parole)
Federal Parole Agent

Corrections
County(Berks County Prison, Montgomery County Prison, Lehigh County Prison, most counties throughout the state and country have a county
prison)
Regional (Some counties in rural areas, rural states such as West
Virginia)
State Pennsylvania Department of Corrections http://www.doc.state.pa.us/ (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, New Jersey) Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Officer Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Counselor Federal (Federal Bureau of Prisons, there are federal prisons in Schuylkill, Delaware, Philadelphia, Lycoming,

Counseling
Domestic Abuse Counselor
Rape Counselor
Child Welfare Counselor
Berks Women in Crisis, Caron Foundation
Group Home Counselor

Private Industry
Insurance Investigators
Auto Insurance Investigator
Claims Investigator
Corporate Investigator
Arson Investigator
Loss Prevention Specialist - (Conducts internal investigations and provides assistance/cases to law
enforcement)
Private Investigations - (Conducts investigations involving insurance claims, arson, theft, employee background investigations, polygraphs

Private Corporate Juvenile Counseling and Corrections
http://www.cornellcompanies.com/

Security
Bank Security
County-
Court Security – Bailiffs, Courthouse Security
College Security- Albright Security, Alvernia Security, Reading Area Community College Student Security (businesses, hospitals, government
buildings)
Hospital Security
Museum Security
Corporate Security
Store Security
Stadium Security

Victim Rights
County Victim Rights Advocate (usually under the DA’s office) Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Criminal Justice Laboratories
City
County
State
Pennsylvania State Police Forensic Scientist
Federal

Communications
Municipal
Wyomissing Borough Dispatcher
City
Reading City Police Dispatcher
County
Berks County Communications Dispatcher
State
Pennsylvania State Police Communications Operator
Federal

Counseling
Non-profit Juvenile Counselor

Criminal Justice Professional Organizations, Police Unions, and Fraternal Organizations
International Association of Chiefs of Police www.theiacp.org
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association www.pachiefs.org
Berks County Chiefs of Police Association www.berkschiefspd.org
Fraternal Order of Police www.grandlodgefop.org
Police Benevolent Association National Troopers Coalition www.ntctroopers.com
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association www.psta.org
Montgomery County Black Law Enforcement Officers Association www.geocities.com/montcoblackcops
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives www.noblenatl.org/membership.htm