Overview of Careers in Law Enforcement There are a lot of different jobs in law enforcement. Today we’re going to cover local law enforcement, state law enforcement, federal law enforcement and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Generally, there are two...
What is a 1811 Special Agent? An 1811 special agent is a job classification code in the federal government. Any federal agency that has special agents. Special agents working for federal law enforcement agencies are going to be classified as an 1811, which is the job...
I am Patrick Mills and am currently the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service’s Chicago Field Office covering 13 states in the Midwest region. I decided to enter federal law enforcement in my early 20s because in a previous life I had...
I am Detective Mike Lumbard with the Denver Police Department in Denver, Colorado. Like many police departments around the country, hostage negotiations or crisis negotiations, it’s an additional duty. You’re primarily a detective assigned to one specialty...
This article was written with the assistance of George Heuston, a retired FBI agent with 22 years in the Federal Bureau of Investigation When thinking about what do FBI agents do, the FBI SWAT Team is prominent. The FBI SWAT Team is an elite unit within a police...
