Changes

[[File:lighterstill.jpg]]

[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Investigator.jpg|right|frame]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1732]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1732]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a [[police]] officer whose job is to find [[information]] about [[crimes]] that have occurred and to catch criminals

*1: a [[police]] officer whose job is to find [[information]] about [[crimes]] that have occurred and to catch criminals

: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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency law enforcement agency] or a [[private]] person. The latter may be known as [https://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 [https://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 many other police systems, detectives are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree_or_higher college graduates] who join directly from civilian life without first serving as uniformed officers. Some people argue that detectives do a completely [[different]] job and therefore require completely different [[training]], qualifications, qualities and abilities than uniformed officers. The opposing argument is that without previous [[service]] as a uniformed patrol officer, a detective cannot have a great enough [[command]] of standard police [[procedures]] and [[problems]] and will find it difficult to work with uniformed [[colleagues]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective]

In many other police systems, detectives are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree_or_higher college graduates] who join directly from civilian life without first serving as uniformed officers. Some people argue that detectives do a completely [[different]] job and therefore require completely different [[training]], qualifications, qualities and abilities than uniformed officers. The opposing argument is that without previous [[service]] as a uniformed patrol officer, a detective cannot have a great enough [[command]] of standard police [[procedures]] and [[problems]] and will find it difficult to work with uniformed [[colleagues]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective]

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]