Transit and Railroad Police

What Does a Transit and Railroad Police Do?

Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results.
• 2Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
• 3Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.
• 4Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property.
• 5Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.
• 6Investigate or direct investigations of freight theft, suspicious damage or loss of passengers' valuables, or other crimes on railroad property.
• 7Examine credentials of unauthorized persons attempting to enter secured areas.
• 8Enforce traffic laws regarding the transit system and reprimand individuals who violate them.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Crime mapping software
• Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS
• Law enforcement information databases
• MapInfo Professional
• MapInfo StreetPro
• Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Transit and Railroad Police Salary