I figure J.K Realized that they sound like Ninja's rather than cops. And that the Aurors could easily do the same job without sounding too HAWRD COOOWRE!

 

I thought Hit-Wizards were like SWAT, while the Aurors were pretty much the rank and file.

 

That sounds a correct an interpretation as any available from canon. Last thing we heard about Hit Wizards was in PoA from Molly Weasley, if memory serves. I believe she mentioned them in passing about Sirius, "It'll be the trained Hit Wizards and Aurors who find him, not kids at school, you mark my words!"

Thinking about it, has that bitch ever been right?

jbern uses foreign Hit Wizards in Bungle and Lie as wands-for-hire, which makes sense because Hit Men, which I assume they're based off of, could be considered that.

 

I always pictured Hit Wizards as the Magical world's answer to James Bond - gorgeous, brilliant, licensed to wear a tuxedo...

 

Yeah, i'm going with the wizarding equivalent of hit men.

 

I actually prefer to go with JK's definition of what Hit Wizards are. It makes sense that there is more to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement than Aurors. It takes 3 years to train an auror to the requisite standard, thats after attaining excellent results on the highest level of exam offered at Hogwarts. These requirements would result in a highly skilled group of people, but it would be a comparatively small highly skilled group of people. There would not be enough of them to efficiently enforce all the small regulations, investigate the small crimes, to hunt down the muggle baiting items etc.

Having people who have the skills and know-how to take care of these problems leaves the Aurors free to deal with Dark Wizards, more dangerous beasts etc. And of course each group would be able to provide any needed back up for the other group as well.

 

Ah, that's right Mordecai - she did release something to the effect of "Hit-Wizards deal with small problems while Aurors are like Scotland Yard investigators" or something, didn't she?

Attempted to find evidence, but didn't see any. Could check the lexicon if someone got ambitious.

 

Try the link the Xiph0 posted perhaps...given that it is to the appropriate page of the lexicon.

 

Yeah, I always saw Hit Wizards as inferior Aurors. Wizards trained solely in duelling to bring down Dark wizards, whereas Aurors have this plus training in investigation, tracking, infiltration, etc.

 

That link posted in the OP shows lesser grade qualifications for the position of Hit Wizard so it seems to make sense that they would be a lesser position than Auror. It would also presumably be a lot cheaper to fully train a Hit Wizard than it would be to train an Auror.

 

Whenever I write FF, I usually use Hit Wizards as standard 'police' whereas Aurors are more like the Army/SWAT.

Meh, go figure. Yet to see a fic where Hit Wizards are even mentioned though =(.

 

A few fics that I've started and abandoned had Harry in the Hit-wizards. The Other Side is like that, but I'm kinda revamping the whole Hit-wizard system, trying to add a little more depth.

This is the way I see them. Throughout the series, all we heard was Auror this, Auror that, so in my mind, they're basically the police. They're trained to apprehend and investigate crimes, pursue criminals, tracking, stealth, anything they might need to investigate something.

Hit-wizards, though, are slightly different then what J.K. Rowling says they are. I changed it mostly because of the name Hit-wizard. What I see it as is they are a highly specialized form of Auror. Instead of tracking, investigating, things like that, they're trained only in dueling and apprehending dark wizards. Basically, I see them as the guys who go after a cell of dark wizards.

Not very accurate, but I feel that she didn't put enough effort into defining the whole law enforcement aspect.

 

While I know that she released a statement on this a long time ago, I still find it as outrageously counter-intuitive as the majority of her other plot-hole quick plaster interviews. If I remember correctly, in OotP Tonks and Shacklebolt are pulled away to go investigate a magical disturbance which seems like a routine check to me, otherwise known as catching a common 'criminal'. Going off of this, and the fact that one doesn't need as many diverse OWLs to become a Hit-Wizard, they are more concentrating on specific 'Dark Wizard' catching.

What I hate is how Rowling makes it seem like their are always Dark Wizards running around. Not for thirteen year after Voldemort's escape to Albania their weren't, from my understanding, so how is an Auror supposed to make a living when there is a thirteen year period between action?

 

There may not be Dark wizards, but there are still people breaking the law. Example: that guy who enchanted Muggle public toilets to regurgitate.