National Law Enforcement Statistics with the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

For over 25 years, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has been the authoritative source for national statistics regarding the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of law enforcement agencies (LEAs). These data are primarily collected through BJS’ core law enforcement data collection programs: the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA) and the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) core and supplement surveys. In addition to these collections, BJS maintains several national data collections covering special topics in law enforcement, including studies on crime laboratories and campus law enforcement. This panel discussion will feature an overview of BJS’s law enforcement data collections and present on four of the most recent studies on Law Enforcement published at BJS.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 40. Police Organization and Training

Individual Presentations

• Law Enforcement in Schools: Selected Findings from BJS’s Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS) - Elizabeth Davis, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Characteristics of Local Police Department Personnel: Selected Findings from BJS’s Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey - Sean Goodison, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Changes in State Police Departments from 1997 through 2020: : Selected Findings from BJS’s Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey - Connor Brooks, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Census of State and Local Law Enforcement, 2018 - Andrea Gardner, DOJ - Bureau of Justice Statistics

Chair

• Alexia Cooper, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics