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Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS 
Advance for Release at 5 P.M. EDT  
Friday, July 2, 1993                           
202-307-0784
 
     The nation's more than 17,000 state and local
 police and sheriff's departments had 840,647 
full-time employees as of June 30, 1992, the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced
 today. BJS, a Department of Justice agency, 
said 603,465...