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Sheriffs' Departments, 1997
Based on the 1997 Law
Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey, this
report presents data collected from a representative sample of the nearly
3,100 sheriffs' departments operating nationwide. Tables describe these
agencies in terms of their personnel, expenditures and pay, operations,
community policing initiatives, equipment, computers and information systems,
and written policies. Highlights include the following:
- As of June 1997, sheriffs' departments had an estimated 263,427 full-time employees,
including about 175,000 sworn personnel. Total employment was up by an average 4.4% per
year since 1993, compared to 3.1% per year from 1987 to 1993.
- Racial and ethnic minorities comprised 19% of full-time sworn officers in sheriffs' departments
in 1997. This compared to 16.9% in 1993, 15.5% in 1990, and 13.4% in 1987.
- Nearly all officers worked for departments that used criminal record checks (99%), background
investigations (98%), driving record checks (95%), and medical exams (92%) to screen
applicants. Psychological (75%), aptitude (69%), and physical agility (59%) tests were also
widely used.
This report is one in a series. More recent editions may be available. To
view a list of all in the series go to the publications
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2/00 NCJ 173428: Acrobat file
(252K) | ASCII file (77K) Spreadsheets (zip format) (96K)
Executive Summary, 10/99 NCJ 179011: Acrobat
file (45K) | ASCII file
( 15K)
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