A professional who maintains law and order and serves legal processes of courts. Respnsibilities include:

• Patrols assigned area to enforce laws, investigate crimes, and arrest violators.
• Drives vehicle through assigned area, observing traffic violations and issuing citations.
• Assumes control at traffic accidents to maintain traffic flow, assist accident victims, and investigate causes of accidents.
• Investigates illegal or suspicious activities of persons, quells disturbances, and arrests law violators.
• Locates and takes persons into custody on arrest warrants.
• Transports or escorts prisoners between courtrooms, prison, and medical facilities.
• Serves subpoenas and summonses and keeps record of dispositions.
• Keeps order in courtroom.
• May operate radio to deliver instructions to patrol units.
• May assist in dragging river to locate bodies.