What does a First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detective
actually do all day?
top skill Management of Personnel Resourcescore tasks 6median pay $106,040AI exposure 0/100
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives is moderately paced, mixed sitting & moving, people-heavy work.
What this job actually does all day
The representative tasks O*NET analysts recorded for this role — not a glossy job ad, the real work.
- Supervise and coordinate the investigation of criminal cases, offering guidance and expertise to investigators, and ensuring that procedures are conducted in accordance with laws and regulations.
- Prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates.
- Direct collection, preparation, and handling of evidence and personal property of prisoners.
- Investigate and resolve personnel problems within organization and charges of misconduct against staff.
- Explain police operations to subordinates to assist them in performing their job duties.
- Maintain logs, prepare reports, and direct the preparation, handling, and maintenance of departmental records.
Skills & environment
Bars are O*NET importance/intensity ratings, scaled 0–100 so you can compare at a glance.
The skills it demands most
What the environment feels like
Deadline pressure: moderateConflict & friction: frequently handles conflictNeed to be exact: precision is criticalTime spent sitting: moderateContact with people: constantly dealing with people
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How this is built. Tasks, skills, and work-environment ratings come from the
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closest thing to "what the job is actually like" in public data. Skill scores are O*NET Importance
ratings (0–5) and environment measures are Context ratings (0–5), both rescaled to 0–100 here for
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