Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, task by task.

Every activity this job is made of, scored on how much of its output software can produce today and linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job.

SOC code
33-3051.00
Activities scored
6
Handed to agents
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersSOC 33-3051.00
85% · agent
80% · agent
75% · agent
70% · agent
25% · you keep
15% · you keep
The team4 agents · 3 need no setup
Incident reporting agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel · Database software
● No integration needed
Investigation analysis agent
Crime mapping software · Law enforcement information databases · Microsoft Excel
● No integration needed
Communication coordination agent
Computer aided dispatch software · Email software · Microsoft Outlook
Needs Computer aided dispatch software
Evidence documentation agent
Microsoft Word · Crime mapping software · Database software
● No integration needed
You keep this
Make arrest decisions and physically apprehend suspectsProvide emergency medical aid and on-scene assistanceTestify in court and serve as legal witnessMake tactical decisions during active incidents

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three.

The most automatable work in this job, and what actually addresses it. Each one has a page of its own showing every occupation that does it.

Incident reporting and documentation85% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Communication and dispatch coordination75% · routine communication and explanation · partly automatable