Description
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
- • Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.
- • Examine credentials of unauthorized persons attempting to enter secured areas.
- • Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.
- • Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results.
- • Investigate or direct investigations of freight theft, suspicious damage or loss of passengers' valuables, or other crimes on railroad property.
- • Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property.
- • Direct or coordinate the daily activities or training of security staff.
- • Interview neighbors, associates, or former employers of job applicants to verify personal references or to obtain work history data.
- • Plan or implement special safety or preventive programs, such as fire or accident prevention.
- • Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
- • Enforce traffic laws regarding the transit system and reprimand individuals who violate them.
- • Provide training to the public or law enforcement personnel in railroad safety or security.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
