Vocational Programs for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
138K	$50.96	$106,000

The role of First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives is to directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force. The average annual wage of the occupations is $106,000 and $51 per hour. 14 vocational programs could be taken for the First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives career. Based on BLS data, a total of 138,140 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives is $36,577. The average length of the programs is 178 hours and the average completion time is 18.50 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Career

The following 14 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services	7	-	-	-	-
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence	2	-	-	-	-
Criminal Justice and Corrections	9	-	-	110 Hours	28.50 Months
Corrections	155	$9,945	$881	333 Hours	9.00 Months
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	222	$67,080	$7,560	-	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	179	$32,707	-	92 Hours	18.00 Months
Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations	1	-	-	-	-
Protective Services Operations	3	-	-	-	-
Homeland Security	42	-	-	-	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	68	-	-	-	-
Critical Infrastructure Protection	9	-	-	-	-
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	6	-	-	-	-
Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy	18	-	-	-	-
Geospatial Intelligence	2	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

The following 561 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.