What are the required qualifications to become a qualified police officer?
The GW University Police Force has two types of officers: commission police officers and security police officers. The majorities of employees are commission police officers and are required to have previous security experience as well as a Bachelors’ Degree. The department recently increased salaries and in turn competition amongst the candidates for GW police jobs has increased. There also are security officers who don’t have to come into the position with security experience. They have to come into the division with customer service experience. They usually are sitting at the various desks around campus. They have 6 locations on a 24-7 basis where these security officers are stationed. They also have security officers who are focused on fire safety and basic security functions and patrol various buildings. If someone needs to respond to a call for service, that is a police officer. GW runs a police department comparable to a small city’s police department. There are about 30,000 ind
