AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 33-3021.02
Will AI replace Police Identification and Records Officers?
Police Identification and Records Officers: AI can already handle 1 of 16 tasks; the work mostly needs an efficient-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 16 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Police Identification and Records Officers, from most to least exposed. 1 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain records of evidence and write and review reports. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Serve as technical advisor and coordinate with other law enforcement workers or legal personnel to exchange information on crime scene collection activities. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Coordinate or conduct instructional classes or in-services, such as citizen police academy classes and crime scene training for other officers. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Photograph crime or accident scenes for evidence records. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Submit evidence to supervisors, crime labs, or court officials for legal proceedings. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Testify in court and present evidence. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Look for trace evidence, such as fingerprints, hairs, fibers, or shoe impressions, using alternative light sources when necessary. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Identify, compare, classify, and file fingerprints, using systems such as Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) or the Henry Classification System. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Analyze and process evidence at crime scenes, during autopsies, or in the laboratory, wearing protective equipment and using powders and chemicals. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Package, store and retrieve evidence. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Process film and prints from crime or accident scenes. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Take fingerprints. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform emergency work during off-hours. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Interview survivors, witnesses, suspects, and other law enforcement personnel. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Create sketches and diagrams, by hand or computer software, to depict crime scenes. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Dust selected areas of crime scene and lift latent fingerprints, adhering to proper preservation procedures. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 16 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 16 of 16. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 77% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 94% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 7% is hands-on.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 114,430
- Median annual wage
- $93,790
- Middle half of earners
- $69,330 to $120,520
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -0.7%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034. BLS publishes these figures by SOC code, so O*NET occupations that share a SOC code show the same figures.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Forensic Science Technicians 70% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure66
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators 69% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure33
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure65
- Private Detectives and Investigators 62% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure41
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 59% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure64
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Police Identification and Records Officers and AI
Will AI replace Police Identification and Records Officers?
AI already handles 1 of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 33 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by -0.7% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Police Identification and Records Officers?
33 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 16 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 16 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Police Identification and Records Officers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Maintain records of evidence and write and review reports. It is the only task that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 77% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Police Identification and Records Officers, and what do they earn?
114,430 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $93,790 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -0.7% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Police Identification and Records Officers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/police-identification-and-records-officers
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