Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by State and Other Agency, 2008
The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.
General comment
This table provides the number of law enforcement officers and civilians employed by state agencies and other agencies listed alphabetically by state. The table also includes the number of law enforcement officers and civilians employed by a participating federal agency, the National Institutes of Health.
Methodology
- The information in this table is derived from law enforcement employee counts (as of October 31, 2008) submitted by participating agencies.
- The UCR Program defines law enforcement officers as individuals who ordinarily carry a firearm and a badge, have full arrest powers, and are paid from governmental funds set aside specifically to pay sworn law enforcement.
- Civilian employees include full-time agency personnel such as clerks, radio dispatchers, meter attendants, stenographers, jailers, correctional officers, and mechanics.
If you have questions about this table
Contact the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail at cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone at (304) 625-4995.