Jobs / Protective service / 33-3052.00
Transit and Railroad Police
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
- US jobs
- 4,390
- Median wage
- $90,230 a year
- Job family
- Protective service
Can agents do the work of transit and railroad police?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Protective service: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 20%Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or propertiesNot measured
- 15%Maintain safety or securityNot measured
- 12%Direct security or safety activities or operationsNot measured
- 11%Record information about legal mattersNot measured
- 9%Verify personal informationNot measured
- 7%Teach safety procedures or standards to othersNot measured
- 6%Manage human resources activitiesNot measured
- 5%Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizationsNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results.
- Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
- Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.
- Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property.
- Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.
- Investigate or direct investigations of freight theft, suspicious damage or loss of passengers' valuables, or other crimes on railroad property.
- Examine credentials of unauthorized persons attempting to enter secured areas.
- Enforce traffic laws regarding the transit system and reprimand individuals who violate them.
- Provide training to the public or law enforcement personnel in railroad safety or security.
- Plan or implement special safety or preventive programs, such as fire or accident prevention.
- Direct or coordinate the daily activities or training of security staff.
- Interview neighbors, associates, or former employers of job applicants to verify personal references or to obtain work history data.
Other job titles for this occupation (28)
Law Enforcement Officer · Patrol Man · Patrol Officer · Patrolman · Police Captain · Police Specialist · Railroad Police · Railroad Police Officer · Transit Police Officer · Canine Officer (K-9 Officer) · Field Training Advisor · Field Training Agent · Officer · Patroller · Public Transit Specialist · Railroad Detective · Railroad Safety Specialist · Railroad Watchman · Secured Entrance Monitor · Track Patrol · Track Watchman · Transit Authority Police · Transit Authority Police Officer · Transit Officer · Transit Specialist · Transportation Officer · Transportation Sergeant · Unarmed Officer