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:b: a person whose job is to find information about something or someone
:b: a person whose job is to find information about something or someone
==Description==
==Description==
A '''detective''' is an investigator, either a member of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency law enforcement agency] or a [[private]] person. The latter may be known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_investigator private investigators] or "private eyes". Informally, and primarily in [[fiction]], a [[detective]] is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records.
A '''detective''' is an investigator, either a member of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency law enforcement agency] or a [[private]] person. The latter may be known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_investigator private investigators] or "private eyes". Informally, and primarily in [[fiction]], a ''detective'' is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records.
In some [[police]] departments, a ''detective'' position is not appointed, it is a position [[achieved]] by passing a written test after a person completes the requirements for being a police officer. Prospective British police detectives must have completed at least two years as a uniformed officer before applying to join the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department Criminal Investigation Department]. UK Police must also pass the National Investigators' Examination in order to progress on to subsequent stages of the Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme in order to qualify as a Detective.[1]
In some [[police]] departments, a ''detective'' position is not appointed, it is a position [[achieved]] by passing a written test after a person completes the requirements for being a police officer. Prospective British police detectives must have completed at least two years as a uniformed officer before applying to join the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department Criminal Investigation Department]. UK Police must also pass the National Investigators' Examination in order to progress on to subsequent stages of the Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme in order to qualify as a Detective.[1]