Interview people to gather information about criminal activities.

Interview people to gather information about criminal activities. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Interview people to obtain information. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 4 (50%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Investigate reports of animal attacks or animal cruelty, interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and writing reports. · Animal Control Workers · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Subpoena and interview witnesses, property owners, and building occupants to obtain information and sworn testimony. · Fire Inspectors and Investigators · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Obtain facts or statements from complainants, witnesses, and accused persons and record interviews, using recording device. · Detectives and Criminal Investigators · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Question individuals or observe persons and establishments to confirm information given to patrol officers. · Detectives and Criminal Investigators · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Obtain and verify evidence by interviewing and observing suspects and witnesses or by analyzing records. · Detectives and Criminal Investigators · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Photograph or draw diagrams of crime or accident scenes and interview principals and eyewitnesses. · Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Interview survivors, witnesses, suspects, and other law enforcement personnel. · Police Identification and Records Officers · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Interview, interrogate, or interact with witnesses or crime suspects to collect human intelligence. · Intelligence Analysts · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Animal Control Workers
• Fire Inspectors and Investigators
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-interview-people-to-gather-information-about-criminal-activities,
  title  = {Interview people to gather information about criminal activities.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/interview-people-to-gather-information-about-criminal-activities}
}