How to become a Police Inspector

Official title: Police Inspectors

Investigates crimes, gathers evidence and arrests suspects.

Main tasks

• Gather information on planned or committed crimes to prevent crime or identify suspects
• Obtain or confirm evidence by examining clues and physical evidence at crime scenes, interviewing witnesses and suspects, and analysing documents and computer files, and make arrests
• Analyse evidence to solve cases, and identify criminal conduct and gather material for court cases
• Give evidence in court or report on investigations and their results to senior officers

Ways in

• Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: police studies (1032). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 1, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Demand for Business and administration jobs is projected at about 1,465,000 in 2024 and about 1,502,000 in 2030. (+2.5%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Customs and Border Inspectors
• Government Tax and Excise Officials
• Government Social Benefits Officials
• Government Licensing Officials
• Other Government Regulatory Associate Professionals

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Police Inspector?

Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.

Is a Police Inspector a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 2.5% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Police Inspector?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026