Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
34/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 51% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 54% of the work
What the job involves
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(11)
- Inform personnel of changes in regulations and policies, implications of new or amended laws, and new techniques of police work.
- Prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates.
- Maintain logs, prepare reports, and direct the preparation, handling, and maintenance of departmental records.
- Supervise and coordinate the investigation of criminal cases, offering guidance and expertise to investigators, and ensuring that procedures are conducted in accordance with laws and regulations.
- Direct collection, preparation, and handling of evidence and personal property of prisoners.
and 6 more
Out of reach(9)
- Explain police operations to subordinates to assist them in performing their job duties.
- Train staff in proper police work procedures.
- Investigate and resolve personnel problems within organization and charges of misconduct against staff.
- Discipline staff for violation of department rules and regulations.
- Cooperate with court personnel and officials from other law enforcement agencies and testify in court, as necessary.
and 4 more
Also called
Lieutenant · Police Captain · Police Chief · Police Lieutenant · Police Sergeant · Community Relations Police Lieutenant · Harbor Police Launch Commander · Homicide Squad Commanding Officer (Homicide Squad CO)
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics