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Basically, the initial offier(s) responding to the scene of a crime or offense are patrol officers whose MAIN job is to patrol to deter crime and answer calls for service. If they cannot make an immediate determination of who committed the offense or make an arrest at the scene, they do not have the time to devote to the follow-up investigation of the offense to determine, or apprehend, the offender(s).

THAT is the primary job of the the investigative unit (detectives) whose main job is to conduct the investigations, interviews, follow-ups of leads, and preparing cases Tobe presented to the prosecutor to bring to court. It is not anywhere near as 'glamorous' or as exciting as portrayed on televison but it is, nonetheless, an interesting career area requiring analytical thinking and the ability to interact with many different types of people and to skillfully draw out and elicit information and confessions from persons who, for the most part, don't want to give any information.

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