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NCJ Number:
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NCJ 179011
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Title:
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Sheriffs' Departments, 1997: Executive Summary
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Corporate Author:
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
US Dept of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
United States
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Date Published:
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10/1999 |
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Page Count:
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4 |
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Sale Source:
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NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States
Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States |
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Text PDF |
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Agency Summary:
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Agency Summary |
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Type:
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Statistical data |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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Data on sheriffs' departments for 1997 cover personnel,
expenditures and pay, operations, community policing, equipment,
computers and information systems, and written policy directives. |
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Abstract:
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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. Data show that as of June 1997,
sheriffs' departments had an estimated 263,427 full-time
employees, including approximately 175,000 sworn personnel. Total
employment was up by an average 4.4 percent per year since 1993,
compared to 3.1 percent per year from 1987 to 1993. Racial and
ethnic minorities composed 19 percent of full-time sworn officers
in sheriffs' departments in 1997, compared to 16.9 percent in
1993, 15.5 percent in 1990, and 13.4 percent in 1987. Nearly all
officers worked for departments that used criminal record checks
(99 percent), background investigations (98 percent), driving
record checks (95 percent), and medical exams (92 percent) to
screen applicants. Psychological (75 percent), aptitude (69
percent), and physical agility (59 percent) tests were also
widely used. A large percentage of sheriffs' departments
performed basic law enforcement functions such as providing
routine patrol services, responding to citizen calls for service,
investigating crimes, and enforcing traffic laws. About one in
seven sheriffs' departments had a formally written community
policing plan in 1997. Ninety-three percent of sheriffs'
departments used computers in 1997, compared to 82 percent in
1993. Nearly all sheriffs' departments had a written policy on
pursuit driving; 91 percent had a written policy on the use of
deadly force; and 85 percent had a policy on handling domestic
disputes. 3 figures |
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Main Term(s):
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Police statistics |
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Index Term(s):
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Police information systems ; Sheriffs ; Pay rates ; Police equipment ; Police personnel ; Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) ; Police policies and procedures ; Police expenditures ; Community policing |
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