Question individuals or observe persons and establishments to confirm information given to patrol officers.

“Question individuals or observe persons and establishments to confirm information given to patrol officers.” is a core task performed by Detectives and Criminal Investigators. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#17 most important). About 98% 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.

• Investigate individuals' background, behavior, or activities. in Getting Information
• Interview people to obtain information. in Getting Information

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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Check victims for signs of life, such as breathing and pulse. · importance 4.6
• Obtain facts or statements from complainants, witnesses, and accused persons and record interviews, using recording device. · importance 4.5
• Secure deceased body and obtain evidence from it, preventing bystanders from tampering with it prior to medical examiner's arrival. · importance 4.5
• Record progress of investigation, maintain informational files on suspects, and submit reports to commanding officer or magistrate to authorize warrants. · importance 4.5
• Prepare charges or responses to charges, or information for court cases, according to formalized procedures. · importance 4.5
• Prepare reports that detail investigation findings. · importance 4.5
• Preserve, process, and analyze items of evidence obtained from crime scenes and suspects, placing them in proper containers and destroying evidence no longer needed. · importance 4.5
• Obtain summary of incident from officer in charge at crime scene, taking care to avoid disturbing evidence. · importance 4.5
• Note, mark, and photograph location of objects found, such as footprints, tire tracks, bullets and bloodstains, and take measurements of the scene. · importance 4.5
• Examine records and governmental agency files to find identifying data about suspects. · importance 4.5
• Secure persons at scene, keeping witnesses from conversing or leaving the scene before investigators arrive. · importance 4.4
• Provide information to lab personnel concerning the source of an item of evidence and tests to be performed. · importance 4.4
• Analyze completed police reports to determine what additional information and investigative work is needed. · importance 4.4
• Search for and collect evidence, such as fingerprints, using investigative equipment. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Detectives and Criminal Investigators 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-23036,
  title  = {Question individuals or observe persons and establishments to confirm information given to patrol officers.},
  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-23036}
}