A
Hit Wizard or
Hit Witch is a highly trained member of the
Magical Law Enforcement Squad, tasked with arresting dangerous criminals. A team of Hit Wizards arrested
Sirius Black in
1981 when he was thought to have murdered
Peter Pettigrew and twelve
Muggles.
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Entry requirements are five
O.W.L.s including
Defence Against the Dark Arts. Applicants for the job must be over the age of seventeen, and "not of a nervous disposition". Once accepted, they are taught defensive
charms and
counter-curses, and how to restrain criminals without attracting the attention of
Muggles. Hit Wizards start on a salary of seven hundred
Galleons a month, are provided with a
broomstick and have a bed reserved at
St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
- It is unknown how Hit Wizards are different than Aurors, as both their duties include hunting down dangerous criminals.
- One possible difference may be similar to the difference between the Muggle Police and the Muggle Military. Alternatively, the difference could be similar to the roles of elite paramilitary units (e.g. SWAT) compared with national criminal investigative bodies (e.g. FBI) as well as elite military units (e.g. Navy SEALs, Delta Force, SAS).