Where a police officer can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a police officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Police officers use investigation methods to prevent crime, to pursue and apprehend criminals, and protect the public from violent and criminal activities. They perform surveillance and patrol activities to prevent crimes and apprehend offenders. They provide support to victimised parties and the public at large, and fulfil administrative duties.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 68%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 9difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 55required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
- police trainer 68% covered · difficulty 34.4
- police inspector 63% covered · difficulty 36.7
- police detective 63% covered · difficulty 38.5
- prison officer 58% covered · difficulty 41.3
- juvenile correctional officer 54% covered · difficulty 43.2
- civil enforcement officer 51% covered · difficulty 51.2
- immigration officer 47% covered · difficulty 47.4
- infantry soldier 43% covered · difficulty 53.7
- court bailiff 42% covered · difficulty 54.8
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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police officer is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a police officer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.