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First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — AI exposure, safer roles, and a pivot plan.

Also known as: Captain · Chief Deputy · Desk Sergeant · Deputy Sheriff · Detective Chief · Detective Sergeant

AI Task Exposure Score

High exposure

More exposed than 60% of 968 occupations · Rank #361 (1 = most exposed)

This score estimates how exposed the tasks in a role are to current and near-term AI capabilities. It does not predict whether a specific person will lose a job.

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

  • Maintain logs, prepare reports, and direct the preparation, handling, and maintenance of departmental records.68
  • Prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates.61

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

  • Direct collection, preparation, and handling of evidence and personal property of prisoners.59
  • Review contents of written orders to ensure adherence to legal requirements.58
  • Cooperate with court personnel and officials from other law enforcement agencies and testify in court, as necessary.58

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

  • Supervise and coordinate the investigation of criminal cases, offering guidance and expertise to investigators, and ensuring that procedures are conducted in accordance with laws and regulations.31

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 53 puts First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 2 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 17 augmentable, and 1 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

  • $106,040median wage
  • 154,610employed
  • 10,900annual openings
  • +2.9%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Your week probably doesn’t match the average

This page scores the occupation. The $9 Personalized Risk & Action Report scores your task mix — paste what you actually do and get your own score, confidence level, task matrix, human moat, and a 7/30/90-day plan.

Personalize my result — $9

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

FAQ — First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

What does a score of 53 mean for a First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives?
It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 53 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.
Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?
The highest-exposure tasks are: Maintain logs, prepare reports, and direct the preparation, handling, and maintenance of departmental records; Prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.
Which parts of this job are most durable?
The most durable responsibilities are: Supervise and coordinate the investigation of criminal cases, offering guidance and expertise to investigators, and ensuring that procedures are conducted in accordance with laws and regulations. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.
Is this score personalized to me?
No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Score version jr-v1 · data release 2026.07.11-r1 · updated 2026-07-11 · baseline mapping: 20 of 20 tasks carry source-level provenance · methodology