police officer

Police officers use investigation methods to prevent crime, to pursue and apprehend criminals, and protect the public from violent and criminal activities. They perform surveillance and patrol activities to prevent crimes and apprehend offenders. They provide support to victimised parties and the public at large, and fulfil administrative duties.

The most in-demand skills for this role include law enforcement, legal use-of-force, road traffic laws, first response, apply first response, handle case evidence. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives police officer a score of 0.45 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.