to the general public.Also available as downloadable files.
This survey, the sixth in the Bureau of Justice Statistics'
program on Law Enforcement and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS),
presents information on law enforcement agencies in the United States:
state police, county police, special police (state and local),
municipal police, and sheriff's departments. Variables include size of
the population served by the police or sheriff's department, levels of
employment and spending, various functions of the department, average
salary levels for uniformed officers, policies and programs, and other
matters related to management and personnel.This survey, the sixth in the Bureau of Justice Statistics' program on Law Enforcement and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), presents information on law enforcement agencies in the United States: state police, county police, special police (state and local), municipal police, and sheriff's departments. Variables include size of the populationStatistics (LEMAS), 2007
[electronic resource]
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2011-07-07Ann Arbor, Mich.Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]2011ICPSR31161NumericTitle from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2015-03-03.AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public.Also available as downloadable files.
Every three to four years, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) surveys a nationally
representative sample of state and local law enforcement agencies. The surveys
are conducted as part of the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative
Statistics (LEMAS) program. Data include agency
personnel, expenditures and pay, operations, community policing
initiatives, equipment, computers and information systems, and written
policies. The LEMAS survey has been conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993,
1997, 1999 (limited scope), 2000, 2003, and 2007.
Cf.: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31161.v1
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