Law Enforcement Officers, 1975-1998 (Sworn Personnel)
Date Published
January 2003
Publication Type
Data Table
Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS Advance for Release at 5 P.M. EDT Friday, July 2, 1993 202-307-0784 The nation's more than 17,000 state and local police and sheriff's departments had 840,647 full-time employees as of June 30, 1992, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. BJS, a Department of Justice agency, said 603,465...
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1999 202/307-0784 PERSONNEL INCREASES IN LOCAL POLICE AND SHERIFFS' DEPARTMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. Local police departments had an estimated 531,496 full-time employees as of June 1997, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Of these employees about 420,000 were sworn personnel (officers with arrest powers). Local police employment was up by an...
Provides data on all state and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. Data collected include the number of sworn and civilian personnel by state and type of agency, and functions performed by each agency.