Vocational Programs for Police Identification and Records Officers Career

The role of Police Identification and Records Officers is to collect evidence at crime scene, classify and identify fingerprints, and photograph evidence for use in criminal and civil cases. 10 vocational programs could be taken for the Police Identification and Records Officers career.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Police Identification and Records Officers is $5,892. The average length of the programs is 430 hours and the average completion time is 18.07 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Police Identification and Records Officers Career

The following 10 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Police Identification and Records Officers.

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 Police Identification and Records Officers
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
Criminal Justice/Police Science	435	$5,892	$631	749 Hours	7.63 Months
Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing	7	-	-	-	-
Criminalistics and Criminal Science	11	-	-	-	-
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	32	-	-	-	-
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	13	-	-	-	-
Geospatial Intelligence	2	-	-	-	-
Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis	4	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Police Identification and Records Officers

The following 491 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Police Identification and Records Officers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.