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Apprehend criminal suspects

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Maintain safety or security, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 9 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.Stays human Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
• Execute arrest warrants, locating and taking persons into custody.Stays human Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
• Apprehend shoplifters in accordance with guidelines.Stays human Retail Loss Prevention Specialists
• Participate or assist in raids and arrests.Stays human Detectives and Criminal Investigators
• Apprehend or evict trespassers, rule violators, or other security threats from the premises.Stays human First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
• Search for and recapture escapees.Stays human Correctional Officers and Jailers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.AI-assist Transit and Railroad Police
• Conduct raids and order detention of witnesses and suspects for questioning.Stays human First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
• Serve warrants and make arrests.Stays human Fish and Game Wardens
• Arrest individuals to be charged with fraud.Stays human Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts