How likely is AI to replace Police Identification and Records Officers?

Published research puts Police Identification and Records Officers at 24 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Police Identification and Records Officers?

Only partly. Individual estimates for Police Identification and Records Officers run from 8 to 35 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.

Which public sector / government roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published public sector / government roles to Police Identification and Records Officers by score are Bailiffs (25/100), First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers (25/100), and Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (25/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Will AI replace Police Identification and Records Officers?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Police Identification and Records Officers, aggregated from 6 research sources.

What this score means

Police Identification and Records Officers is among the least exposed roles in Public Sector / Government. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 24 out of 100 it sits close to the Public Sector / Government average of 23. Across the 6 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 8 to 35, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Police Identification and Records Officers, most central first, showing 12 of 16.

01Photograph crime or accident scenes for evidence records.
02Maintain records of evidence and write and review reports.
03Submit evidence to supervisors, crime labs, or court officials for legal proceedings.
04Testify in court and present evidence.
05Look for trace evidence, such as fingerprints, hairs, fibers, or shoe impressions, using alternative light sources when necessary.
06Dust selected areas of crime scene and lift latent fingerprints, adhering to proper preservation procedures.
07Analyze and process evidence at crime scenes, during autopsies, or in the laboratory, wearing protective equipment and using powders and chemicals.
08Package, store and retrieve evidence.
09Process film and prints from crime or accident scenes.
10Take fingerprints.
11Perform emergency work during off-hours.
12Serve as technical advisor and coordinate with other law enforcement workers or legal personnel to exchange information on crime scene collection activities.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 6 research sources that scored Police Identification and Records Officers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Navigating the Workforce Impacts of AI · 2025Deloitte, for the Energy Workforce & Technology Council (2025)
04Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
05GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
06AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Police Identification and Records Officers?: Published research puts Police Identification and Records Officers at 24 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Police Identification and Records Officers?: Only partly. Individual estimates for Police Identification and Records Officers run from 8 to 35 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which public sector / government roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published public sector / government roles to Police Identification and Records Officers by score are Bailiffs (25/100), First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers (25/100), and Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (25/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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