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Directory of Law Enforcement Agencies Series
Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics
To ensure an accurate sampling frame for its Law
Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics periodically sponsors a census of the
nation's state and local law enforcement agencies. This census, known as
the Directory Survey, gathers data on all police and sheriffs' department
that are publicly funded and employ at least one full-time or part-time
sworn officer with general arrest powers. Variables include personnel
totals, type of agency, geographic location of agency, and whether the
agency had the legal authority to hold a person beyond arraignment for
48 or more hours.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "011:21" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:askbjs@usdoj.gov" } |
| dataQuality |
false
|
| description | Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics To ensure an accurate sampling frame for its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey, the Bureau of Justice Statistics periodically sponsors a census of the nation's state and local law enforcement agencies. This census, known as the Directory Survey, gathers data on all police and sheriffs' department that are publicly funded and employ at least one full-time or part-time sworn officer with general arrest powers. Variables include personnel totals, type of agency, geographic location of agency, and whether the agency had the legal authority to hold a person beyond arraignment for 48 or more hours. |
| distribution |
[ { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Directory of Law Enforcement Agencies Series", "accessURL": "https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/series/169" } ] |
| identifier |
"2436"
|
| issued | 1987-10-12T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[ "authority", "full-time employment", "law enforcement", "law enforcement agencies", "part-time employment", "personnel", "police departments", "policies and procedures" ] |
| language |
[ "eng" ] |
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2011-08-03T13:27:33 |
| programCode |
[ "011:061" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Bureau of Justice Statistics", "@type": "org:Organization", "subOrganizationOf": { "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "acronym": "OJP", "parentOrganization": { "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice", "acronym": "DOJ" }, "parentOrganizationID": 10 } } |
| title | Directory of Law Enforcement Agencies Series |
