Police officers and detectives are on the frontlines of stopping criminal activity, including fraud and white-collar crime. Pursuing the Fraud Examinations Certificate can help you advance into roles where you’ll enforce finance and cybercrime laws. You can also gain qualifications relevant to federal investigations of Medicare or financial fraud. The median wages for all law enforcement officers was $67,209 per year in 2020. At that time, the annual salary for detectives and criminal investigators was $86,940.