one question from china

[heying1123]

hi, i am a chinese cop serveing in the serious criminal investigation unit. there is one question. you now, as a investigator in china, my welfare and status are lower than the traffic police\potrol office\or logistical officer. how about in usa? how could the inverstigation attract the best police to applying for when this job is more dangerer and more harder then any other police job?

[sbrad]

Patrol Officer is generally the bottom rung of the ladder here, although many people do it their whole career because they love it. An investigator, though, is usually senior in position/status to a patrol officer.