Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), 2004 [United States] (ICPSR 28001)

Published: May 23, 2011

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28001.v1

Version V1

Alternate Title

CSLLEA 2004

Summary

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]).

Citation

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), 2004 [United States]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-05-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28001.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

city

Time Period(s)

2004

Date of Collection

2004-06

Study Design

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.

Sample

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.

Universe

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.

Unit(s) of Observation

State and local law enforcement agencies.

Data Source

self-enumerated forms

Data Type(s)

census/enumeration data

Original Release Date

2010-12-15

Version Date

2011-05-23

Version History

2011-05-23 Values for variables ADDR1, ADDR2, PHONE, EXT, and FAX are blanked for confidentiality purposes.

Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.
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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.