POLICE/POLIZEI/POLICÍA

GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS-ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
REQUISITOS PARA LOS ASPIRANTES DE POLICÍA
EINSTELLUNGSBEDINGUNGEN FÜR DEN POLIZEIDIENST

COSTA RICA

PARAGUAY

For purposes of this section, Police refers to uniformed patrol officers. Non-uniformed, i.e. investigative positions are discussed in a separate section on Criminal Investigation.

The term "Police Officer," and in some states the more broad term of "Peace Officer," describes hundreds of different positions at the federal, state, and local level. Some "police officers" are limited in both their geographic jurisdiction and/or enforcement authority. Municipal and County Police Officers have what is usually called "general enforcement" powers, meaning that they may investigate or respond to any violation of state and local laws/ordinances. County Sheriffs (deputy sheriffs) usually have general enforcement powers in the Central, Southern and Western United States, but in some states on the East Coast, some sheriff's departments do not perform general law enforcement duties. Their primary role is the serving of civil process and other court papers and/or responsibility for the jail and court security. State Police, but not Highway Patrol, also have broad enforcement responsibilities in geographic areas not covered by other agencies, such as municipal and county police, or county sheriffs. The primary duty of Highway Patrols is more narrow, and usually focuses on law violations involving state highways.

There are a number of federal "police officers" under a multitude of separate federal agencies, but their jurisdiction is confined to the enforcement of federal laws on federal property. Such officers could be part of the Federal Protective Service (more focused on physical security of government installations/buildings), or even the FBI, which has its own "police officers."

The information and links below focus more on state/local police or peace officers, but the basic background and educational requirements also apply to federal police officers. The only exception is the "citizenship requirement" which applies in ALL federal government positions here in the United States. There are, however, some uniformed guard type positions not requiring U.S. citizenship, at American military installations around the world. The US military also employs some foreign nationals in investigative positions at various military installations abroad.

	THE APPLICANT SCREENING PROCESS Background Investigation and Prior Drug Use
	Citizenship Requirements for State/Local Police Applicants in the United States Staatsbürgerschaftsbestimmungen bei Polizeibewerbern in den USA Requisitos de nacionalidad para los aspirantes de policía en Los EEUU Researched by Dr. Schweizer
	THE POLYGRAPH..DER LÜGENDETEKTOR .. DETECTOR DE MENTIRAS
	Mandated Peace officer entry standards by state

POLICÍA

COSTA RICA
Ley General de Policía

PARAGUAY

ORGANICA DE LA POLICÍA NACIONAL

POLIZEI
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Polizeifachhochschulen in Deutschland

Testvorbereitung der Polizei

Hubschrauberführer bei der Polizei

POLIZEI BERLIN

Polizeiangestellte in Objektschutz
Hinweise für die Einstellung in den Zentralen Objektschutz der Berliner Polizei EINSTELLUNGSVORAUSSETZUNGEN FÜR F R A U E N UND M Ä N N E R

POLIZEI HESSEN

Die Einstellungsbedingungen

Bewerbungsunterlagen für den Polizeidienst in Hessen

Studiengang für die Polizei an der Verwaltungsfachhochschule om Wiesbaden

POLIZEI BRANDENBURG

Bewerbungsvordruck

Einstellungsauskünfte