Apprehend criminal suspects
Little of this can be handed to software today.
This happens in the physical world, so software agents do not touch it. Automation here means robotics and machinery, which is a different market from the one mapped on this site, on a much slower clock.
| How automatable | Barely automatable |
|---|---|
| Kind of work | Physical, manual and inspection work |
| Jobs that do it | 9 occupations |
| Tool categories that apply | None |
| O*NET activity | Performing General Physical Activities (4.A.3.a.1) |
What this looks like on the job
Not our paraphrase. These are real task statements recorded against this activity, spread across the 9 occupations that perform it.
- Arrest individuals to be charged with fraud.
- Conduct raids and order detention of witnesses and suspects for questioning.
- Apprehend or evict trespassers, rule violators, or other security threats from the premises.
- Search for and recapture escapees.
- Participate or assist in raids and arrests.
- Serve warrants and make arrests.
- Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
- Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.
- Apprehend shoplifters in accordance with guidelines.
- Execute arrest warrants, locating and taking persons into custody.
What we would actually use
Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.
Nothing on this site applies. Automation here is robotics and machinery, a different market on a much slower clock, and no software subscription moves it.
Chosen for the cheapest thing that does the job, not the best funded. Nothing on this site is sponsored, and the full landscape is there when you want to disagree with us.
How people actually do it
No workflow names this activity yet, but these automate the same kind of work, with the prompts to paste and what to keep for yourself.
Who does this work
9 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.
- Correctional Officers and Jailers
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Retail Loss Prevention Specialists
- Transit and Railroad Police
Work that goes with it
O*NET groups these under “Maintain safety or security”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.
Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.