Sections

LAW ENFORCEMENT / Local police departments

Budgets

  • Average operating budget of local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • fiscal year 2000 Table 1.43 -- PDF -- CSV
    • fiscal year 2003 Table 1.43.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Community policing

  • Full-time community policing officers in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.51 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.51.2003 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Full-time school resource officers in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.53 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.53.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Complaints about use of force

  • Citizen complaints about police use of force in large law enforcement agencies, by type of agency, United States 2002
    • Table 1.0004.2002 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Citizen complaint dispositions in large law enforcement agencies, by type of agency and number of full-time sworn officers, United States 2002
    • Table 1.0005.2002 -- PDF -- CSV

Education requirements

  • Minimum educational requirements for new officer recruits in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.39 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.39.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Full-time sworn personnel

  • State and local law enforcement agencies and employees, by type of agency, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.27 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2004 Table 1.27.2004 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2008 Table 1.27.2008 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.0001.2003 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Local police departments, and number and rate (per 100,000 residents) of full-time employees, by State
    • 2000 Table 1.29 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2004 Table 1.29.2004 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2008 Table 1.29.2008 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Local police departments and full-time personnel, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.33 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.33.2003 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Full-time sworn officers assigned to respond to citizen calls for service in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.35 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.35.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Number of departments

  • State and local law enforcement agencies and employees, by type of agency, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.27 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2004 Table 1.27.2004 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2008 Table 1.27.2008 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.0001.2003 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Local police departments, and number and rate (per 100,000 residents) of full-time employees, by State
    • 2000 Table 1.29 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2004 Table 1.29.2004 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2008 Table 1.29.2008 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Local police departments and full-time personnel, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.33 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.33.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Number of employees

  • State and local law enforcement agencies and employees, by type of agency, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.27 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2004 Table 1.27.2004 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2008 Table 1.27.2008 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.0001.2003 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Local police departments, and number and rate (per 100,000 residents) of full-time employees, by State
    • 2000 Table 1.29 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2004 Table 1.29.2004 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2008 Table 1.29.2008 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Local police departments and full-time personnel, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.33 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.33.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Officer characteristics

  • Race, ethnicity, and sex of full-time sworn personnel in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.37 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.37.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Salaries

  • Average base minimum and maximum annual salaries for selected positions in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.45 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.45.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

School resource officers

  • Full-time school resource officers in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.53 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.53.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Training requirements

  • Training requirements for new officer recruits in local police departments, by size of population served, United States 2000
  • Training requirements for new officer recruits and non-probationary officers in local police departments, by size of population served, United States 2003
    • Table 1.41.2003 -- PDF -- CSV

Weapons authorized

  • Semiautomatic sidearms authorized for use by sworn personnel in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.47 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.47.2003 -- PDF -- CSV
  • Nonlethal weapons authorized for use by sworn personnel in local police departments, by size of population served, United States
    • 2000 Table 1.49 -- PDF -- CSV
    • 2003 Table 1.49.2003 -- PDF -- CSV