Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS)

Local Police Departments, 2013: Personnel, Policies, and Practices

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PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES NEARLY DOUBLED BETWEEN 1987 AND 2013

WASHINGTON – In 2013, the percentage of police officers who were members of racial or ethnic minority groups (black or African...

Local Police Departments, 2013: Equipment and Technology

Date Published

July 2015

Series

Local Police Departments

Publication Type

Publication

Local Police Departments, 2013: Personnel, Policies, and Practices

Date Published

May 2015

Series

Local Police Departments

Publication Type

Publication

Agencies

BJS

2015 Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS)

2014-CK-BX-K044

Open

Funding First Awarded

2014

$130,000

Sheriffs' Offices, 2007 - Statistical Tables

Date Published

December 2012

Series

Sheriffs’ Offices

Publication Type

Publication

Agencies

BJS

2012 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

2012-R2-CX-K017

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$699,879

Law Enforcement Management and Administration Statistics, 1990: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies With 100 or More Officers

Date Published

September 1992

Publication Type

Publication

State and Local Police Departments, 1990

Date Published

February 1992

Series

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics

Publication Type

Publication

Drug Enforcement by Police and Sheriffs' Departments, 1990

Date Published

May 1992

Series

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics

Publication Type

Publication

Profile of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 1987

Date Published

March 1989

Series

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics

Publication Type

Publication

State and Local Prosecution and Civil Attorney Systems

Date Published

March 1986

Series

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics

Publication Type

Publication

Women in Law Enforcement, 1987-2008

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Publication

Agencies

BJS

Selected Crime, Criminal Justice, and Demographic Data - 25 Largest Cities

Date Published

November 1999

Publication Type

Data Table

Selected Crime, Criminal Justice, and Demographic Data - 90 Most Populous Counties

Date Published

November 1999

Publication Type

Data Table

National Private Security Survey Design

2009-BJ-CX-K045

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$346,682

Local Police Departments, 2007

Date Published

December 2010

Series

Local Police Departments

Publication Type

Publication

Agencies

BJS

Census of Law Enforcement Aviation Units (CLEAU)

Collects data from all law enforcement agencies with 100 or more sworn officers that operate a fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter. Data collected includes the locations, available assets and range, personnel, expenditures, and functions of these units, as well as information related to the capabilities and resources that each could provide in the case of a national emergency.