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 2025 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.

2025 Average Tuition and Time 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	6	$19,459	-	-	-
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence	2	$24,062	-	-	-
Criminal Justice and Corrections	15	$27,990	-	110 Hours	28.50 Months
Criminal Justice/Police Science	517	$5,892	$631	749 Hours	7.63 Months
Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing	8	$13,519	-	-	-
Criminalistics and Criminal Science	12	$20,597	-	-	-
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	46	$28,669	-	-	-
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	14	$28,830	-	-	-
Geospatial Intelligence	3	$41,729	-	-	-
Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis	4	$17,211	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Police Identification and Records Officers Career

The following 33 occupations are related to Police Identification and Records Officers.

Related Occupations toPolice Identification and Records Officers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Facilities Managers	131K	$111,110	$53
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Management Analysts	838K	$115,530	$56
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,103K	$89,130	$43
Financial Risk Specialists	55,290	$118,950	$57
Financial Specialists, All Other	123K	$89,650	$43
Information Security Analysts	175K	$124,740	$60
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Data Scientists	193K	$119,040	$57
Political Scientists	5,580	$132,020	$63
Social Science Research Assistants	30,890	$62,370	$30
Forensic Science Technicians	17,520	$71,540	$34
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	122K	$85,570	$41
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	85,870	$67,880	$33
Lawyers	731K	$176,470	$85
Judicial Law Clerks	14,680	$64,880	$31
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	14,670	$119,940	$58
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	355K	$66,460	$32
Medical Records Specialists	186K	$53,690	$26
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	34,430	$70,260	$34
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	52,280	$76,840	$37
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	138K	$106,000	$51
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	14,200	$82,510	$40
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
Protective Service Workers, All Other	82,500	$47,420	$23
Statistical Assistants	7,200	$53,900	$26

Schools offering vocational programs for Police Identification and Records Officers

The following 534 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Police Identification and Records Officers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.