These reports provide data on full-time sworn officers and civilians employed by local police departments and sheriffs’ offices. Specifically, they describe the number, sex, race or Hispanic origin, and responsibilities of these employees. 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.

Read Local Police Departments Personnel, 2020

Read Sheriffs’ Offices Personnel, 2020

Local Police Departments Personnel, 2020 (NCJ 305187) was written by BJS Statistician Sean E. Goodison, PhD. Sheriffs’ Offices Personnel, 2020 (NCJ 305200) was written by BJS Statistician Connor Brooks. The reports, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.