Police investigators and other investigative occupations

Source: Job Bank Canada. Wages may vary by region and experience.

• This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Police investigators
• Interviews persons in connection with criminal incidents, including victims, witnesses and suspects
• Exchange information and coordinate activities with other law enforcements agencies
• Prepare investigation reports and testify in courts concerning criminal investigations
• Search and collect physical evidence from crimes scenes, such as fingerprints, and attend autopsies
• Perform surveillance by using investigative technologies
• Obtain search warrants, conduct searches and arrest suspects
• May conduct investigation on online networks and computer systems to detect cyber crimes or to recover data.
• May supervise and coordinate the work of police officers.
• Coroners and medical examiners
• Conduct death investigations to determine the identity of the deceased, date and location of death, medical cause of death, and manner of death
• Order or perform autopsies and other medical tests
• Consult with and request assistance from law enforcement, physicians, and family
• Issue death certificates, including assigning cause and manner of death
• Identify and educate the public on dangerous practices or conditions that may lead to death
• May testify or produce evidence in proceedings about observations made during investigations
• May supervisor and coordinator work of other employees.

• Police Investigators
• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Several years of experience as a police officers are required.
• Completion of a university degree in police investigation is required in Quebec.
• Specialized training or certification may be required for certain areas of investigation.
• Coroners and medical examiners
• In Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, a medical examiner is required to be a physician with an active medical license.
• In Ontario and Prince Edward Island, coroners are required to be a physician with an active medical license.
• In Quebec, coroners are required to be a non-retired member of the Collège des médecins du Québec, the Barreau du Québec or the Chambre des notaires du Québec, and have a minimum of four years of professional experience in their practice.
• In British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, it is preferred coroners have education and experience in the legal, medical or investigative fields.