Job Opportunities

Explore local, county, state, and federal agencies that employ law criminal justice professionals

General Job Search Sites

  • MITalent.org

  • Glassdoor.com

  • Indeed.com

Local

Use terms such as these to help you search for city jobs on each city’s internal sites: police officer, dispatcher, emergency medical services, crime scene technician

  • Bay City

  • Frankenmuth

  • City of Midland

  • City of Saginaw

  • Saginaw Township

County

Use terms such as these to help you search for county jobs on each county’s internal sites: patrol deputy, jail deputy, dispatcher, emergency medical technician, county probation officer, court officer, crime scene technician and defense investigator

  • Bay County

  • Midland County

  • Saginaw County

  • Tuscola County

  • City of Saginaw

State Jobs

Use terms such as these to help you search for state jobs on each of the above internal sites: state police officer, motor carrier officer, correctional officer, probation or parole agent, conservation officer, inspector, investigator, regulation agent, services specialist (child welfare), analyst, dispatcher, forensic scientist, technician, and digital forensics.

  • Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement (MCOLES)

  • Michigan State Police

  • Michigan Department of Corrections

  • Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Federal Jobs

Federal jobs exist either on individual agency websites or on some of the government’s larger federal-wide job sites.

Use terms such as these to help you search for federal jobs on each of the above internal sites: agent, officer, analyst, inspector, intelligence, forensics, cyber, and deputy. You can also search by series in sites like usajobs.gov. Most federal law enforcement jobs fall into either an 0083-police, 1811-criminal investigator, 1810-general investigations, 1801-general inspection, investigation, and compliance, 1895 customs and border protection, 1896 border patrol enforcement, 0132-intelligence, 1805-investigative analysis, 0080-security administration, and 0082 US Marshals. There are others, so looking those up may be helpful in your search. The list appears on usajobs.gov.

  • USAJOBS.gov- Most federal jobs are found here

  • IGnet.gov-Repository for Office of the Inspector General Jobs

  • USCourts.gov- Federal Judiciary jobs such as federal probation & Pretrial Services

  • apply.intelligencecareers.gov- General intelligence career site

Federal Job Search Sites

  • Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General (DOTOIG)

  • Department of State - Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)

  • Department of Education - Office of the Inspector General (EDOIG)

  • Environmental Protection Agency - Criminal Investigation Division (EPACID)

  • Environmental Protection Agency - Office of the Inspector General (EPAOIG)

  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

  • Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

  • Food and Drug Administration - Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI)

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Office of the Inspector General (FDICOIG)

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency - Office of Security (FEMAOS)

  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)

  • Federal Protective Service (FPS)

  • Federal Reserve System (FRS)

  • Government Printing Office - Office of the Inspector General (GPOOIG)

  • General Services Administration - Office of the Inspector General (GSAOIG)

  • Health and Human Services - Office of the Inspector General (HHSOIG)

  • Housing and Urban Development - Office of the Inspector General (HUDOIG)

  • Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Analysis Operations (I&A)

  • Immigration & Customs Enforcement - Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE/ERO)

  • Immigration & Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigation (ICE/HSI)

  • Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division (IRSC)

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Office of the Inspector General (NASAOIG)

  • Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)

  • National Institute of Health (NIH)

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

  • National Nuclear Security Administration - Office of Secure Transportation (NNSA-OST)

  • National Park Service (NPS)

  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Office of the Inspector General (NRCOIG)

  • Office of Personnel Management - Office of the Inspector General (OPMOIG)

  • Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)

  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)

  • Railroad Retirement Board - Office of the Inspector General (RRBOIG)

Courts & Corrections

  • US Bureau of Prisons

  • US Courts

    • Probation & Parole Officer

    • Probation and Parole Officer Assistants

Intelligence

  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  • Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

  • Intelligence Community Careers

  • National Geospacial Intelligence Agency (NGA)

  • National Security Agency (NSA)

  • Office of the Director of Naval Intelligence (ODNI)

Law Enforcement

  • Amtrak Police, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)

  • Amtrak-Office of Inspector General (AMTRAK OIG)

  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

  • Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)

  • Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Office of Safety, Security and Asset Management (CDC)

  • Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Office of Inspector General (DCISOIG)

  • DHS Office of Inspector General (DHSOIG)

  • Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement (DOCOEE)

  • Defense Logistics Agency (DODDLA)

  • Department of Energy - Office of Health, Safety and Security (DOEHSS)

  • Department of Energy - Office of Inspector General (DOEOIG)

  • Department of Interior -Office of Inspector General (DOIOIG)

  • Department of Interior -Office of Law Enforcement and Security (DOI-OLES)

  • Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General (DOJOIG)

  • Department of Labor - Office of Inspector General (DOLOIG)

  • Department of Labor - Office of Labor-Management Standards (DOLOLMS)

  • Dept. of Treasury - Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

  • Department of the Treasury - Office of the Inspector General (TREASOIG)

The following agencies have a variety of jobs in the criminal justice sector from security, intelligence, and inspections, to forensics and criminal investigators. It is encouraged to go to each one to see what they do and what is available. Often not all jobs are available on the main job usajobs.gov site.

Federal Agency Sites

  • Small Business Administration - Office of the Inspector General (SBAOIG)

  • Department of State, Office of Inspector General (SDOIG)

  • Smithsonian Institution - Office of Protective Services (SI)

  • Social Security Administration - Office of the Inspector General (SSAOIG)

  • Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)

  • Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

  • Tennessee Valley Authority Office of the Inspector General (TVAOIG)

  • Tennessee Valley Authority Police (TVAP)

  • U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)

  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Office of Inspector General (AIDOIG)

  • United States Army Criminal Investigations Command (USACIDC)

  • United States Army Intelligence (USAI)

  • United States Border Patrol (USBP)

  • United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS)

  • United States Capital Police (USCP)

  • United States Department of Agriculture - Animal Plant Health Inspection Services (USDAAPHIS)

  • United States Department of Agriculture - Office of the Inspector General (USDAOIG)

  • United States Forest Service (USFS)

  • United States Mint (USM)

  • United States Marshals Service (USMS)

  • United States Park Police (USPP)

  • United State Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)

  • United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (USPSOIG)

  • United States Supreme Court (USSC)

  • United States Secret Service (USSS)

  • Veterans Affairs - Office of the Inspector General (VAOIG)

  • United States Department of Agriculture - Food Safety Inspection Service (USDAFSIS)

Military

  • Air Force

  • Army

  • Coast Guard

  • Marines

  • Navy

  • Space Force

  • National Guard/Reserve Units