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Full-Time Sheriffs' Staff Up Nearly 60 Percent Since 1993

NCJ Number
250531
Journal
Sheriff & Deputy Dated: July/August 2016 Pages: 16
Author(s)
Andrea M. Burch; April L. Trotter
Date Published
July 2017
Length
1 page
Annotation
This article summarizes a Bureau of Justice Statistics' report that highlights a nearly 60 percent increase in the total number of full-time employees in sheriffs' offices across the United States between 1993 and 2013, including a growing number of minority and female personnel.
Abstract
This article summarizes a Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) report that highlights a nearly 60 percent increase in the total number of full-time employees in sheriffs' offices across the United States between 1993 and 2013, including a growing number of minority and female personnel. BJS data reveals that the total number of full-time employees in sheriffs' offices increased from 224,200 employees in 1993 to 351,900 in 2013. Much of the increase can be attributed to a rise in the number of civilian employees hired since 1993. From 1993 to 2013, fulltime, sworn personnel (those with general arrest powers) increased by 21 percent (up 33,100), while full-time, civilian employees increased by 138 percent (up 94,500). The data presented are from the BJS Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey. The full report, Sheriffs' Office Personnel, 1993-2013, (NCJ 249757), is provided.