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Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.

$23.10median, an hour
$23.65mean (average), an hour
1,000people employed in this job here

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This job is more common here than nationally: 6.3 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 1.46).

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