Gene loves working as a Patrolman for the North American Magecraft Commission.  It sees Gene to many sorts of places with many sorts of risk.  But, catching rogue mages is the most unpredictable.  One has to be ready to counter any sorts of spells, from people who might surrender or might resist to death (or beyond, if one counted trap-door spells), and all without letting the muggles know anything was up.  Or, at least, letting them know anything magical was going on... even when the rogues don't care about that.

Gene likes how his job isn't not like any muggle job - or at least, none his parents and muggle teachers told him about.  It gives him just the sense of adventure he wants, with the satisfaction of doing good things.  He's been working there for several years, and is happy to stay there until some rogue mage or wild dragon or something tears him apart.