If i wanted to become a detective....?

A detective is a synthesizer. A person who uses their wide ranging knowledge to bring together dispirit information into a whole. A detective uses their experience, as a real police officer and as an officer who has attended court often and learned from their mistakes, to make a case that will pass muster against a bad guy, thus helping to take the bad guys away from society.

Concentrating on police type classes does not help you with any of what makes a good cop or detective.

Having a generalized education can help. Learning to use and develop your critical thinking skills is essential. Grounding in science can help but so can taking classes like introduction to philosophy or comparative religions where you have to look at each concept, no matter how attractive or distasteful, in a manner that can lead you to a truth.

To become a detective you have to work for a department that has a separate detective unit, 80% of departments do not. Then you have to work as an excellent police officer, in most cases, for 3 to 5 years before you will be allowed to take a detective's test when one is offered. Then you must score in the top 2% on that test to actually, eventually make detective, then you must go to detective academy for at least one month and pass the test for that.

Then if you were really great at making cases, excellent in your court testimony and demeanor. Have impressed both the detective division bosses and the prosecutor's office you may get into the unit you want.

Yes expensive, you need to be a police officer first. In the truly international that's how it works. Get your self a 4 12 months measure in crook justice first after which you'll be ready to make the transfer from civilian into the police academy, and in case you entire that, you'll be at the street to fitting a detective. Be ready to spend ten or extra years as a police officer earlier than you'll even believe approximately that detectives guard.

A degree in Criminal Justice should be helpful.

I can only suggest... "google"

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