PoliceLink's Degree Center: Advance Your Education
It can be difficult to find factual and well-written information about the different educational paths which lead to careers in law enforcement. What degree is right for the job you want? Which degrees generate real opportunities for job seekers, and which do not make the cut?
PoliceLink has created a comparative degree guide to help you choose your path. We'll assist you in choosing degree programs that are flexible and fit your educational goals. The path to a rewarding law enforcement career that provides you with personal satisfaction awaits:
PoliceLink has created a comparative degree guide to help you choose your path. We'll assist you in choosing degree programs that are flexible and fit your educational goals. The path to a rewarding law enforcement career that provides you with personal satisfaction awaits:
Education Resources
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Surviving the Police Background Investigation
Once you’ve passed the written test, the oral interview, the physical agility test, and you’ve successfully jumped through a few other hoops, you’re probably ready for the background investigation. How ironic that part of the process to become a crime fighter is to be investigated by one! In this competitive job market, the background investigation is becoming even more important to ... -
Answers to the "Do You Know Your 10-Codes?" Quiz
PoliceLink created the quiz Do You Know Your 10-Codes? to test your knowledge about popular 10-Codes as provided by the Association of Public Communications Officers (APCO). Find out which you got wrong or right by checking out the correct answers on the following pages. Don't cheat! If you haven't tested yourself first, go take the quiz! See answers on the next ... -
How Much Will I Get Paid…Really
When I finally procured my criminal justice employment, where I would eventually spend the majority of my law enforcement career, I was so thrilled to receive that letter of appointment that I didn’t bother to find out how much money I’d be taking home each week. I’d been involved in the testing process for months, I was 21, single, still in ... -
Ten Tips for the Police Entrance Exam
While police entrance processes vary widely from state to state, and even from department to department, most law enforcement applicant screening processes begin with the written exam. By starting with the written exam, most sheriffs and police chiefs (having been one I understand this concept) use the written exam as just that: a screening tool. Written exams are a fairly cheap ...
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