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

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 2025 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.

2025 Average Tuition and Time 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	6	$19,459	-	-	-
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence	2	$24,062	-	-	-
Criminal Justice and Corrections	15	$27,990	-	110 Hours	28.50 Months
Corrections	199	$9,945	$881	333 Hours	9.00 Months
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	265	$67,080	$7,560	-	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	245	$32,707	-	92 Hours	18.00 Months
Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations	1	-	-	-	-
Protective Services Operations	5	$11,665	-	-	-
Homeland Security	50	$22,975	-	-	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	71	$22,692	-	-	-
Critical Infrastructure Protection	13	$35,869	-	-	-
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	7	$17,200	-	-	-
Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy	25	$26,285	-	-	-
Geospatial Intelligence	3	$41,729	-	-	-

Related Occupations to First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Career

The following 18 occupations are related to First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives.

Related Occupations toFirst-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Chief Executives	211K	$258,900	$124
General and Operations Managers	3,508K	$129,330	$62
Emergency Management Directors	11,910	$93,690	$45
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	85,870	$67,880	$33
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	52,280	$76,840	$37
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	84,120	$90,740	$44
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	64,900	$59,580	$29
Bailiffs	15,900	$58,460	$28
Correctional Officers and Jailers	351K	$58,810	$28
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	107K	$95,930	$46
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	646K	$76,550	$37
Transit and Railroad Police	2,360	$78,230	$38
Private Detectives and Investigators	34,600	$60,270	$29
Security Guards	1,203K	$40,440	$19
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,505K	$68,620	$33
Public Safety Telecommunicators	97,820	$52,140	$25

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

The following 614 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate 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.