Transit & Railroad Police
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
Also called: Patrolman, Railroad Police, Railroad Police Officer, Transit Police Officer
Knowledge:
- public safety and security
- law and government
- customer service
- management
- movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- speak clearly
- recognize spoken words
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Technology:
Data base user interface and query software
- Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS
- Law enforcement information databases
- Crime mapping software
- MapInfo Professional