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O*NET detailed work activityInterview people to gather information about criminal activities
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6 jobs8 tasks
Use AI to prepare better questions and to organize your notes afterward. Listening to the person in front of you is yours.
Part of Interview people to obtain information, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 4 AI-assist, 4 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Obtain facts or statements from complainants, witnesses, and accused persons and record interviews, using recording device.
- Interview survivors, witnesses, suspects, and other law enforcement personnel.
- Subpoena and interview witnesses, property owners, and building occupants to obtain information and sworn testimony.
- Interview, interrogate, or interact with witnesses or crime suspects to collect human intelligence.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Investigate reports of animal attacks or animal cruelty, interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and writing reports.
- Obtain and verify evidence by interviewing and observing suspects and witnesses or by analyzing records.
- Question individuals or observe persons and establishments to confirm information given to patrol officers.
- Photograph or draw diagrams of crime or accident scenes and interview principals and eyewitnesses.