10 Jobs Perfect for Law Enforcement Officers

Some excellent opportunities have opened for law enforcement professionals during the past few days. These include positions in criminal investigations, healthcare fraud, financial crime, intelligence analysis, corporate investigations, insurance fraud, and surveillance. The list also includes opportunities at several experience levels, from field investigators and intelligence analysts to an investigations manager and SIU director.

Several positions provide a particularly direct transition from law enforcement. TRM Labs is looking for a federal law enforcement investigator to help combat cryptocurrency-related crime, while Capital One is hiring a financial crime investigator. OpenLoop, Centene, and SCAN Health Plan have management-level opportunities for candidates with experience supervising investigators, directing complex cases, and developing investigative strategies. There are also field investigation positions that could be strong options for officers and detectives taking their first step into the private sector.

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1. Public Notice: DEA Criminal Investigators

Company: Drug Enforcement Administration Location: New York, United States

The DEA is recruiting criminal investigators to conduct complex investigations involving drug trafficking, organized crime, financial activity, evidence collection, surveillance, interviews, search warrants, and interagency operations. This opportunity is best suited to experienced detectives, narcotics investigators, task-force officers, state investigators, and current or former federal agents.

See job here: DEA Criminal Investigators

2. Healthcare Investigations Manager

Company: OpenLoop Location: Remote, United States

This management-level position focuses on healthcare-related investigations, investigative processes, potentially improper activity, and coordination with internal stakeholders. It could be a strong fit for an experienced detective supervisor, investigations commander, inspector, lieutenant, or federal agent with experience managing complex cases and investigative personnel.

See job here: Healthcare Investigations Manager

3. Global Investigator, Federal Law Enforcement

Company: TRM Labs Location: Washington, D.C.

TRM Labs is seeking a federal law enforcement professional to investigate cryptocurrency-related crime and support collaboration with government agencies. The position is an excellent match for current or former federal agents with experience in financial crime, cybercrime, organized crime, sanctions, money laundering, intelligence, or complex criminal investigations. The listed salary range is $170,500 to $214,000.

See job here: Global Investigator, Federal Law Enforcement

4. Special Investigations Field Investigator I

Company: The Cincinnati Insurance Companies Location: Phoenix, Arizona

This field investigator conducts insurance-related investigations throughout Arizona, including interviews, evidence collection, record review, fraud identification, and written case reporting. It is a strong private-sector opportunity for patrol officers, detectives, fraud investigators, accident investigators, and officers experienced in interviewing claimants, witnesses, or suspects.

See job here: Special Investigations Field Investigator I

5. Surveillance Investigator

Company: Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut

The investigator performs field surveillance, documents claimant activities, gathers video evidence, researches cases, and produces detailed investigative reports. The employer lists law enforcement and insurance investigation experience among its preferred qualifications. This could suit patrol officers, detectives, surveillance personnel, traffic investigators, and officers seeking their first civilian investigative position.

See job here: Surveillance Investigator

6. Public Safety Intelligence Analyst

Company: Ohio Department of Public Safety Location: Columbus, Ohio

The department is hiring for two positions responsible for collecting, evaluating, and disseminating intelligence related to criminal activity and public-safety threats. The work may include database research, intelligence products, pattern identification, interagency coordination, and operational support. The opportunity should appeal to intelligence officers, crime analysts, detectives, fusion-center personnel, gang investigators, state troopers, and federal task-force officers.

See job here: Public Safety Intelligence Analyst opportunities

7. Manager, Sales Investigations

Company: Centene Corporation Location: Texas, United States

This role manages investigations into suspected misconduct, fraud, policy violations, and questionable sales practices. Responsibilities may include overseeing cases, interviewing involved parties, analyzing evidence, documenting findings, and recommending corrective action. It could fit an investigations sergeant, lieutenant, inspector, special agent, internal-affairs supervisor, or fraud-investigation manager.

See job here: Manager, Sales Investigations

8. Director, Special Investigations Unit

Company: SCAN Health Plan Location: Long Beach, California

This senior leadership role oversees investigations into healthcare fraud, waste, abuse, and other potentially improper activity. Responsibilities include leading investigators, establishing investigative priorities, managing complex cases, working with regulators and law enforcement, and strengthening fraud-prevention programs. It is best suited to command-level investigators, federal supervisory agents, captains, inspectors, lieutenants, or experienced SIU leaders.

See job here: Director, Special Investigations Unit

9. SIU Investigator

Company: Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations Location: Silver Spring, Maryland

This investigator handles suspected insurance fraud and other questionable claims through interviews, surveillance, records research, evidence analysis, and case documentation. It could be a strong match for detectives, fraud investigators, background investigators, federal agents, and officers experienced in building cases and writing comprehensive reports.

See job here: SIU Investigator

10. Financial Crime Risk Investigator II, OneTouch

Company: Capital One Location: Wilmington, Delaware

This investigator reviews potentially suspicious financial activity, analyzes account and transaction information, conducts detailed case research, and documents conclusions for further action. Detectives and agents with fraud, identity-theft, financial-crime, cybercrime, organized-crime, or evidence-analysis experience may be strong candidates. Officers without direct banking experience should emphasize investigative reasoning, interviewing, case documentation, subpoenas, and financial-record analysis.

See job here: Financial Crime Risk Investigator II