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Hiring and Retention of State and Local Law Enforcement Officers, 2008 - Statistical Tables Presents the results of a special survey administered to a nationally representative sample of agencies that participated in the 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. | |
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Part of the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Series |
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Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2009 Presents data on the more than 400 state, municipal, county, and federal crime laboratories operating in the United States during 2009. | |
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Part of the Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories Series |
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Contacts between Police and the Public, 2008 Presents findings from a nationally representative survey of nearly 60,000 residents age 16 or older about their contact with police during the 12 months prior to the interview. | |
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Part of the Contacts between Police and the Public Series |
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Arrest in the United States, 1980-2009 Presents new annual estimates of arrests in the United States covering the 30-year period from 1980 through 2009. | |
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Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2008 Presents the results of the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, which is conducted every four years and covers approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide. | |
PDF (836K) | ASCII file (36K) | Spreadsheets (Zip format 23K)
Part of the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Series |
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Women in Law Enforcement, 1987-2008 Presents data from the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) surveys, covering 1987 to 2007, and from the Census of Federal Law Enforcement Officers (FLEO), from 1996 to 2008. | |
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Arrest-Related Deaths in the United States, 2003-2005 Presents the first findings from the law enforcement collection of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP), which is the largest resource of information ever collected on arrest-related deaths. | |
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Part of the Arrest-Related Deaths Series |
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Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2004 Reports the results of a census, conducted every four years, of all State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide. | |
Press Release | PDF (337K) | ASCII file (34K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 60K) | To order paper version
Part of the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Series |
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Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force Presents data on citizen complaints about police use of force received by large, general purpose State and local law enforcement agencies as well as on complaint dispositions. | |
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Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2000 Reports on a recurring census conducted for the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) program that provides the number of employees of State and local law enforcement agencies. | |
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Part of the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Series |
Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 - Statistical Tables Provides data on the circumstances of deaths that occur during, or shortly after, state or local law enforcement officers engage in an arrest or restraint process. | |
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Law Enforcement Officers, 1975-1998 (Sworn Personnel) Presents the number of full-time sworn law enforcement officers, rate per 100,000 residents, and percent change since 1975 in the United States. | |
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Law Enforcement Agencies and Employees State and local law enforcement agencies and employees, by State and type of agency, 1996. | |
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