Law Enforcement in Schools: Selected Findings from BJS’s Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS)

• In Event: National Law Enforcement Statistics with the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Abstract

This presentation will cover recently released results from the Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS). This collection gathered national-level data on the extent of law enforcement involvement in the nation’s K-12 public schools and the typical roles and responsibilities of officers working in these schools. SLEPS employed a two-phase approach, first surveying a sample of approximately 2,000 law enforcement agencies and requesting a roster of officers working in schools. The roster was used for the second phase, in which an officer sample was drawn for participation in an officer-level survey. Specifically, this presentation will detail the findings of the initial agency-level survey to demonstrate the roles and scope of school resources officers in the United States.

Author

• Elizabeth Davis, Bureau of Justice Statistics