People with this Specific Interest typically enjoy police work and keeping the public safe. The work often involves enforcing laws and ordinances; controlling crowds; making arrests; dispatching police, fire, and ambulance vehicles; investigating criminal violations; fighting fires and conducting rescue efforts; and administering emergency medical care. The following areas of study, career fields, occupations, and activities may appeal to people interested in Protective Services.
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Areas of Study
- Criminal justice
- Emergency medicine
- Fire science
- Firearms safety
- Law enforcement
- Self-defense
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Career Fields
- Emergency medicine
- Federal and state corrections
- Firefighting
- Hazardous materials control
- Law enforcement
- Private investigation
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Occupations
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Activities
- Doing martial arts
- Learning about firearms safety
- Serving in the military reserves
- Serving on a volunteer fire department
- Teaching self-defense classes
- Watching law and order programs on TV