Transit and Railroad Police

What the job really is

Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.

At a glance

• Sector: Protective Service
• O*NET-SOC code: 33-3052
• O*NET job zone: 3 — medium preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• 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.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, 35 millimeter cameras, Automated external defibrillators AED, Biohazard suits, Biological hazard detectors, Breathalyzers, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR face shields

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
• Security Guards
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators
• Transportation Security Screeners
• Customs and Border Protection Officers
• Compliance Officers

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 3 (medium preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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