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Private-sector jobs and the "Agency jobs / Private sector" toggle
Most people leaving or moving on from law enforcement don't go to another agency. They go into investigations, corporate security, insurance fraud, compliance, training, or sales and support roles at companies that sell to police and sheriff's offices. The Beyond the badge section and the toggle on Find jobs make those roles easy to find.
The toggle
Above the results, choose All, Agency jobs or Private sector & non-agency. The numbers show how many current results fall on each side. The choice can be saved with a job alert.
- Agency jobs: government law enforcement employers (police, sheriff, state and federal agencies), plus sworn posts from agencies that post here directly.
- Private sector & non-agency: companies, and public employers that aren't policing agencies (for example a state insurance fund or a university's non-police office).
The label is worked out automatically from the employer name and job title. It can be wrong for unusual names. If it is, report the listing.
"Why it fits"
Many private-sector listings don't require police experience. They show up here because the listing:
- prefers it ("law enforcement experience preferred", "former police", "LEO experience", "investigative background"); or
- sells to or supports law enforcement or public safety customers (for example an account executive selling body cameras or CAD/RMS software to police departments).
The card shows ✔ Why it fits: with the reason we matched. That's our label, not the employer's words. Always read the full listing.
Public Safety Sales
Public Safety Sales covers account executive, territory and regional sales, business development, sales engineering, customer success and channel/partner roles at companies whose customers are agencies. Examples are companies that make body cameras, CAD/RMS, digital evidence and forensics tools, drones, real-time crime center software, uniforms and duty gear, armor, firearms and less-lethal tools, vehicle upfits and training simulators. Some of these employers' public job boards are read directly; others come in through our job-search partner.
Emergency vehicle & lighting. Makers of emergency lighting, sirens, consoles and mounts, partitions and push bumpers have their own field, 🚔 Emergency Vehicle & Lighting. At companies that only make this kind of equipment, sales, territory, customer service, field and product roles are included. Plant, manufacturing and engineering roles are included only when the posting itself mentions police, public safety, emergency vehicles or the equipment (for example "assemble emergency warning lights and sirens"). Upfit and installer jobs at any shop are included when the posting is about police or emergency vehicles. Back-office roles such as accounting or IT aren't included.
Traffic radar & speed enforcement. Makers of police radar and lidar (for example Stalker, Kustom Signals, MPH, Decatur, Laser Technology) and automated speed / red-light camera companies have their own field, 📡 Traffic Radar & Speed Enforcement, and a career page. At the radar makers, customer-facing, training and field-service roles are included. At companies that also do tolling, parking, transit or optics work, a role is included only when the posting itself describes enforcement work (for example maintaining photo enforcement systems or reviewing violations). Body-worn and in-car video and plate-reader companies' roles go to Public Safety Sales or Public Safety Technology.
Career paths
Career paths has a short page for each common move: what the work is, which skills carry over, what employers often ask for, and current openings. A typical pay range appears only when at least three current listings in that path state pay, and it says how many listings it's based on. Otherwise no pay is shown.
Match labels
If you're a verified officer, private-sector jobs can also show "Uses your LE skills: interviewing, report writing, …" when the listing asks for skills you built on the job. See match labels.