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First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.
- Sector: Law
- Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
- O*NET code: 33-1012.00
What you'll actually do
The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.
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Getting Information
central to the job — rated 93/100 for importance.
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Documenting/Recording Information
central to the job — rated 87/100 for importance.
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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
central to the job — rated 85/100 for importance.
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Making Decisions and Solving Problems
a major part of the work — rated 84/100 for importance.
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Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
a major part of the work — rated 83/100 for importance.
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Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
a major part of the work — rated 81/100 for importance.
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.
What it takes
Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.
Skills
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Active Listening
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Critical Thinking
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Management of Personnel Resources
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Monitoring
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Reading Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Knowledge
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Public Safety and Security
Needed at expert level (80/100), and rated 92/100 for importance.
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Law and Government
Needed at a high level (71/100), and rated 89/100 for importance.
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Customer and Personal Service
Needed at expert level (88/100), and rated 86/100 for importance.
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Administration and Management
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 74/100 for importance.
Abilities
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Problem Sensitivity
Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Oral Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Oral Expression
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Written Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
How people get in
O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.
Education
A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.
Experience
Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.
Training
Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.
What it pays
These are typical law compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.
BigLaw (Cravath Scale)
$215k – $500k+
Regional Law Firms
$90k – $160k
Solo & Small Practices
$55k – $100k
How the work tends to run
Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.
- Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
- The work is physical — you are on your feet and handling things, not sitting still.From “Performing General Physical Activities”
- You are in front of the public, so the job is partly performance.From “Performing for or Working Directly with the Public”
- Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”
- Part of the job is other people’s output, not only your own.From “Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others”
How FlightWay scores your fit against this
No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.
- 1. You answer a short quiz
- Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
- 2. We correlate the two profiles
- Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
- 3. The number you see is personality fit only
- "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
- 4. Every factor is visible
- You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.
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