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Police Identification and Records Officers
Collect evidence at crime scene, classify and identify fingerprints, and photograph evidence for use in criminal and civil cases.
- Sector: Law
- Preparation: Zone 3 — medium preparation needed
- O*NET code: 33-3021.02
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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Documenting/Recording Information
central to the job — rated 89/100 for importance.
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Getting Information
central to the job — rated 89/100 for importance.
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Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
a major part of the work — rated 84/100 for importance.
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Making Decisions and Solving Problems
a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.
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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.
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Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
a major part of the work — rated 80/100 for importance.
Collect evidence at crime scene, classify and identify fingerprints, and photograph evidence for use in criminal and civil cases.
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 (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
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Speaking
Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
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Reading Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
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Critical Thinking
Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
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Writing
Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
Knowledge
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Law and Government
Needed at a high level (65/100), and rated 80/100 for importance.
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Administrative
Needed at a high level (66/100), and rated 70/100 for importance.
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English Language
Needed at a solid working level (58/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
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Public Safety and Security
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 65/100 for importance.
Abilities
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Near Vision
Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
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Deductive Reasoning
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
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Inductive Reasoning
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
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Information Ordering
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
How people get in
O*NET places this occupation in Zone 3 — medium preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.
Education
Vocational training, an associate degree, or equivalent on-the-job experience.
Experience
One to two years of related experience is typical.
Training
Employers expect you to arrive with the core skill already.
What it pays
These are typical law compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Police Identification and Records Officers 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.
- The work is physical — you are on your feet and handling things, not sitting still.From “Performing General Physical Activities”
- You own decisions rather than execute someone else’s.From “Making Decisions and Solving Problems”
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 Police Identification and Records Officers. 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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