ICPSR Metadata record for Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), 2004 [United States] ICPSR ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/). Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), 2004 [United States] CSLLEA 2004 United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2011-05-23 28001 doi://10.3886/ICPSR28001.v1
To ensure an accurate sampling frame for its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey, the Bureau of Justice Statistics sponsors a census of the nation's state and local law enforcement agencies, known as the Directory Survey. This census, which is conducted every four years, includes all state and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide that are publicly funded and employ at least one full-time or part-time sworn officer with general arrest powers. As in previous years, the 2004 census collected data on the number of sworn and nonsworn personnel employed by each agency, including both full-time and part-time employees. The pay period that included September 30, 2004, was the reference date for all personnel data. Variables include personnel totals, type of government, type of agency, and whether the agency had the legal authority to hold a person beyond arraignment for 48 or more hours. Previous censuses were conducted in 1986 (DIRECTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 1986: [UNITED STATES] [ICPSR 8696]), 1992 (DIRECTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 1992: [UNITED STATES] [ICPSR 2266]), 1996 (DIRECTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 1996: [UNITED STATES] [ICPSR 2260]), and 2000 (Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), 2000: [United States] [ICPSR 3484]).
 UniverseScheme28001 Directory of Law Enforcement Agencies Series For more information on the series, please go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/series/00169. Organization28001_1 ICPSR.XVII.E NACJD.IX census data law enforcement police departments police officers United States 2004 2004 State and local law enforcement agencies. census/enumeration data All state and local law enforcement agencies that were publicly funded and employed at least one full-time or part-time sworn officer with general arrest powers.

The 2004 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA) data collection form was mailed to more than 19,000 agencies potentially operating nationwide. This master list was created by compiling information from the following sources:

The 2000 CSLLEA.

Lists provided by Peace Officer Standards and Training offices and other state agencies.

A FBI list of agencies requesting new identifiers since the 2000 CSLLEA.

Responses were received through website, fax, and mail options. Responding agencies were screened for eligibility to be included in the final CSLLEA database.

Agencies were excluded if any of the following conditions existed on the CSLLEA reference date of September 30, 2004:

The agency was not operational.

The agency did not employ personnel with general arrest powers.

The agency contracted or outsourced to another agency for performance of all services.

The agency employed only part-time officers and the total combined hours worked for these officers averaged less than 35 hours per week.

All sworn officers volunteered their time on an unpaid basis.

The agency was not operated with any funds from a state, local, special district, or tribal government.

 self-enumerated forms 2004-06 2004-06 ICPSR
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