Provide security by patrolling interior and exterior of courthouse and escorting judges and other court employees.

“Provide security by patrolling interior and exterior of courthouse and escorting judges and other court employees.” is a core task performed by Bailiffs. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#4 most important). About 85% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties. in Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Maintain safety or security. in Performing General Physical Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Screen persons entering courthouse using magnetometers, x-ray machines, and other devices to collect and retain unauthorized firearms and other contraband. · importance 4.7
• Escort prisoners to and from courthouse and maintain custody of prisoners during court proceedings. · importance 4.6
• Maintain order in courtroom during trial and guard jury from outside contact. · importance 4.5
• Guard lodging of sequestered jury. · importance 4.4
• Enforce courtroom rules of behavior and warn persons not to smoke or disturb court procedure. · importance 4.4
• Arrest persons in court when arrest warrants have been issued. · importance 4.3
• Report need for police or medical assistance to sheriff's office. · importance 4.2
• Maintain court docket. · importance 4.1
• Check courtroom for security and cleanliness and assure availability of sundry supplies, such as notepads, for use by judge, jurors, and attorneys. · importance 4.1
• Stop people from entering courtroom while judge charges jury. · importance 4.0
• Screen, control, and handle evidence and exhibits during court proceedings. · importance 4.0
• Provide assistance to the public, such as directions to court offices. · importance 4.0
• Announce entrance of judge. · importance 3.9
• Provide jury escort to restaurant and other areas outside of courtroom to prevent jury contact with public. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Bailiffs page.

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-task-20124,
  title  = {Provide security by patrolling interior and exterior of courthouse and escorting judges and other court employees.},
  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/tasks/task-20124}
}