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NCJ Number:	186478

Title:	Local Police Departments, 1999

Document:	Agency Summary\|PDF\|Text

Author(s):	Matthew J. Hickman; Brian A. Reaves Ph.D.

Date Published:	May 2001

Annotation:	This report presents data from the 1999 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) program.

Abstract:	Based on the 1999 LEMAS survey, the report presents data collected from a representative sample of more than 13,000 general-purpose local police departments nationwide. Tables describe the number and size of agencies, job classification of personnel, agency functions, and written policies and procedures. Highlights include the following: (1) from 1997 to 1999, the percent of residents served by departments that routinely used bicycle patrol increased from 66 percent to 76 percent, the percent served by a department that used routine foot patrol increased from 59 percent to 68 percent; (2) more than 90 percent of the departments serving 25,000 or more residents had some type of community policing plan; and (3) all departments serving 25,000 or more residents used computers during 1999, as did all of those serving 2,500 to 24,999 residents. Tables and graphs

Main Term(s):	Police department surveys

Index Term(s):	Bicycle patrol; Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS); Community policing; Police statistics

Sponsoring Agency:	Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Washington, DC 20531 Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS Rockville, MD 20849 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000

Corporate Author:	Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) US Dept of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States of America

Sale Source:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849 United States of America

Page Count:	24

Format:	Document

Type:	Statistics

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Agency Summary:	https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1047



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