WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of
the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Local
Police Departments Personnel, 2020 and Sheriffs’ Offices Personnel, 2020.
These reports provide data on full-time sworn officers and
civilians employed by local police departments and sheriffs’ offices. The
reports present data on the number, sex, race or Hispanic origin and
responsibilities of full-time personnel at local police departments and
sheriffs’ offices. The reports also provide information on the policies and
procedures that local police departments and sheriffs’ offices adopted in
response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TITLES: Local Police
Departments Personnel, 2020 (NCJ 305187)
Sheriffs’ Offices Personnel, 2020
(NCJ 305200)
AUTHORS: Sean
E. Goodison, PhD, BJS Statistician
Connor Brooks, BJS Statistician
WHERE: bjs.ojp.gov
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing
and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the
United States. Alexis R. Piquero, PhD, is the director. More information about
BJS and criminal justice statistics can be found at bjs.ojp.gov
