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Maintain safety or security

Work activity · O*NET

Maintain safety or security is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Performing General Physical Activities. 42 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Enforce rules or regulations
  • Maintain security
  • Apprehend criminal suspects
  • Block physical access to restricted areas
  • Confiscate prohibited or dangerous items
  • Detain suspects or witnesses
  • Maintain public order or security
  • Prevent unauthorized individuals from entering restricted areas

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 68.3% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 18.1% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 46.7% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 85th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Bailiffs 10
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 6
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 5
Transportation Security Screeners 5
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 4
Security Guards 4
Bartenders 3
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 3
Customs and Border Protection Officers 2
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 2
Fish and Game Wardens 2
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 2
Gambling Cage Workers 2
Library Assistants, Clerical 2
Parking Enforcement Workers 2
Transit and Railroad Police 2
Animal Control Workers 1
Biomass Power Plant Managers 1
Bus Drivers, School 1
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 1
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 1
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 1
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 1
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists 1
Gambling Managers 1
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 1
Interpreters and Translators 1
Medical Records Specialists 1
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 1
Pest Control Workers 1
Public Safety Telecommunicators 1
Recreation Workers 1
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks 1
Residential Advisors 1
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists 1
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Set and Exhibit Designers 1
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 1

Showing 40 of 42 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Maintain safety or security.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Correctional Officers and Jailers Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists Transit and Railroad Police Pest Control Workers Security Guards First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Fish and Game Wardens Bartenders Bus Drivers, School Detectives and Criminal Investigators Biomass Power Plant Managers Transportation Security Screeners Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Library Assistants, Clerical Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts Interpreters and Translators Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Maintain safety or security., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Maintain safety or security." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-safety-or-security

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Maintain safety or security. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-safety-or-security

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-maintain-safety-or-security,
  title  = {Maintain safety or security},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-safety-or-security}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.