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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST
SUNDAY, March, 11, 2001 202/307-0784
FORCE OR THREATENED FORCE USED IN LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF ALL POLICE-PUBLIC INTERACTIONS
Half of all Contacts with Law Enforcement Officers are in Traffic Stops
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An estimated 43.8 million people 16 years old or older, or about 21 percent of the population of that age, had contact with the...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | BJS |
| SUNDAY, May 12, 2002 | 202/307-0784 |
EDUCATION AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR BIG CITY POLICE OFFICERS INCREASE, STARTING SALARIES REMAIN FLAT
WASHINGTON, DC - From 1990 to 2000, police departments serving cities with a population of 250,000 or more increased their classroom and field training requirements for new officers from a median of 1,280 hours to 1,480 hours, the...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2003 | Contact: Stu Smith |
| 202/307-0784 |
OVER 18,000 CHARGED WITH FEDERAL MONEY LAUNDERING FROM 1994 THROUGH 2001
WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 18,500 defendants faced federal money laundering charges in U.S. courts during the years 1994 through 2001, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. Approximately 10,600 of these...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2004 | Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
NATION SPENDS $167 BILLION ON CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JUSTICE SERVICES
Since 1982, Justice Expenditures Average 8 Percent Growth Annually
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local, state and federal governments spent a record $167 billion on direct expenditures for police protection, judicial and legal services...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, June 25, 2006 | bjs.gov |
| Contact: Sheila Jerusalem 202/616-3227 | |
| After hours: 410-585-0565 |
CITIZENS COMPLAINED MORE THAN 26,000 TIMES IN 2002 ABOUT EXCESSIVE POLICE FORCE
EVIDENCE IN ABOUT 8% OF COMPLAINTS JUSTIFIED DISCIPLINARY ACTION
WASHINGTON - Large state and local law enforcement agencies with 59 percent of the nation's sworn officers received 26,556...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007 | Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 |
| www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs | After hours: 301-983-9354 |
POLICE STOP WHITE, BLACK AND HISPANIC DRIVERS AT SIMILAR RATES ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT
WASHINGTON - An estimated 19 percent (43.5 million) of U.S. residents age 16 or older had a face-to-face contact with a police officer in 2005, according...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9 A.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2007 | Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 |
| www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs | After hours: 301-983-9354 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYMENT GREW BETWEEN 2000-2004 ACCORDING TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STUDY
WASHINGTON - There were about 1.1 million full-time state and local law enforcement employees in the U.S., including about 732,000 sworn personnel as of September 30, 2004, the Justice...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007 | Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784 |
| www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs | After hours: 301-983-9354 |
STATES REPORTED MORE THAN 2,000 ARREST-RELATED DEATHS FROM 2003 THROUGH 2005
Homicides by Officers Made Up More Than Half of Such Fatalities
WASHINGTON - Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia reported 2,002 arrest-related deaths during the three years from 2003 through...
Collects data from all federal law enforcement agencies with arrest and firearms authority. Data collected include the number of officers working in the areas of criminal investigation and law enforcement, police patrol and response, security and protection, court operations, and corrections, by agency and state.
Conducted periodically since 1987, the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) core collects data from over 3,000 general-purpose, county, and local law enforcement agencies, including all those that employ 100 or more full-time sworn officers and a nationally representative sample of smaller agencies. Data are obtained on agency responsibilities, operating expenditures, job functions of sworn and civilian employees, officer salaries and special pay, demographic...
Provides data describing campus law enforcement agencies serving U.S. 4-year institutions with 1,000 or more students. Also surveyed were 2-year institutions with 1,000 or more students. Data were collected on agency staffing, operations, budget, policies, responsibilities, training, and equipment. The survey includes campus law enforcement agencies serving institutions funded both publicly and privately.
