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Survey of Police Chiefs' and Data Analysts' Use of Data in Police Departments in the United States, 2004

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Principal Investigator(s): Friedmann, Robert; Orchowsky, Stan

Summary: This study surveyed police chiefs and data analysts in order to determine the use of data in police departments. The surveys were sent to 1,379 police agencies serving populations of at least 25,000. The survey sample for this study was selected from the 2000 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey. All police agencies serving populations of at least 25,000 were selected from the LEMAS database for inclusion. Separate surveys were sent for completion by police chi... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR32103.v1

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