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    • Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS): 1999 Sample Survey of Law Enforcement Agencies

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2025

    This survey, the fourth in the Bureau of Justice Statistics' program on Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), presents information on law enforcement agencies: state police, county police, special police (state and local), municipal police, and sheriff's departments. Variables include size of the population served by the police or sheriff's department, levels of employment and spending, various functions of the department, average salary levels for uniformed officers, policies and programs, and other matters related to management and personnel.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025
    Publisher Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2001-02-23T00:00:00
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2008-12-09T08:40:36
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    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadatamodified 9/2/2022 6:21:00 PM
    Program Code 011:061
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Sourceidentifier https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03079
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