Transit and Railroad Police
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
4,390 people do this job in the US. $90,230 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 32%
- 5%
- 63%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 8%. Today's estimate: 10%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 12 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.Done daily by most who do it. | 19% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Investigate or direct investigations of freight theft, suspicious damage or loss of passengers' valuables, or other crimes on railroad property.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 19% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | Stays with people | |
| Plan or implement special safety or preventive programs, such as fire or accident prevention.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 19% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.Done daily by most who do it. | 17% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 11% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Direct or coordinate the daily activities or training of security staff.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide training to the public or law enforcement personnel in railroad safety or security.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Enforce traffic laws regarding the transit system and reprimand individuals who violate them.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 2% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Interview neighbors, associates, or former employers of job applicants to verify personal references or to obtain work history data.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 0.6% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Examine credentials of unauthorized persons attempting to enter secured areas.Done daily by most who do it. | 0.5% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers9% now, 9% by 2028
- Security Guards13% now, 13% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives29% now, 53% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers20% now, 37% by 2028
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators35% now, 67% by 2028
- Transportation Security Screeners16% now, 16% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).