How do detectives work?

Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of police and detectives with similar occupations. More Information, Including Links to O*NET. Learn more about police and detectives by visiting additional resources, including O*NET, a source on key characteristics of workers and occupations. read more

Unlike police detectives or crime-scene investigators, they usually work for private citizens or businesses rather than for the government. Although they sometimes help solve crimes, they are not law-enforcement officials. read more

Police detectives interview suspects, witnesses, and victims as they try to piece together the story of how the crime that they are investigating occurred. Detectives work closely with their jurisdiction's Crime Scene Investigation Unit (CSI), which gathers the forensic evidence police detectives need to work their cases. read more