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What do cops do most on the job?
How would a police officer's job break down percentage wise in what they do in a day? Like what percent is shootings and action, what percentage is high incidents like fights, etc. and whatever else they do.
I know it's different for every police officer but say for a patrol officer.
6 Answers
- BruceLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Most of your time on the road is answering calls for service. Those would be the calls citizens make to dispatch requesting an officer. There is no way to predict what will happen next, so you can't break it down into percentages.
When you do not have any calls pending, you drive around on patrol and look for violations of the law.
Source(s): Law enforcement since 1991 - ?Lv 71 decade ago
You'd be very surprised at how it is very different then your thinking it is. Police in Canada don't often have to deal with "high incident" cases. A lot of their day is more paper work and "patroling". They also have to attend bail court in the morning (for every arrest they make).
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Sit around 89 percent of the time the rest arresting drunks
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Patrol officer.... 99% of their time they sit in their car and either drive around or park their car in some ditch.
