Also called: Motor Officer, Traffic Officer
Patrols on a police motorcycle, focusing on traffic safety and escorts.
Motor officers weave through traffic to reach crashes fast, run speed enforcement, and escort motorcades and funerals. The motor school training is famously hard, with riders dropping their bikes over and over to master tight turns.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 4 years after high school. Police academy plus several years as a patrol officer, then selection and specialized training. Police motorcycle school.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Criminal Justice.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Police and detectives 2024-34 (approx.); specialty units are small.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Speed cameras and safer cars may cut traffic duty in the 2030s; escorts and fast crash response stay human.
Classes: Driver's ed, Physics, PE / strength training.
Official data: O*NET occupation 33-3051.
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