DOI: 10.3886/icpsr39082.v1
title: Understanding the Organizational Factors that Impact Police-Community Relations, United States, 2003-2015
title: Version 1

description: This study looks at the impact of police departments' organizational and managerial characteristics on police-community relations. Particular attention is paid to communities of color in the analysis. The dataset merges variables from various data sources. These include the following series housed within ICPSR:

Two sub-series within the The Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data Series: Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA), and Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest
The Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Series

Additionally, the following sources are also contained in the final dataset and available online:

The Fatal Encounters and Police Violence Project, both of which track the number of people killed by police.
The American Community Survey, which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Variables include officer counts, demographics, weapons used, technologies, duties performed, salary figures, department units, qualifications, training structure, budgets, states, and addresses by department. Total crimes for each jurisdiction are collected. The presence of officer foot patrols, civilian review boards, and other community policing initiatives are measured. Violence committed against officers and civilians are included. Demographic variables of residents of jurisdictions including poverty, housing status, race, marital status are collected as well.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Understanding the Organizational Factors that Impact Police-Community Relations, United States, 2003-2015
description: United States police departments operating between 2003 and 2015. Smallest Geographic Unit: address
description: This collection is related to the following studies:

Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Police Employee (LEOKA) Data, 2011, ICPSR 34584
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Police Employee (LEOKA) Data, 2012, ICPSR 35020
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Police Employee (LEOKA) Data, 2013, ICPSR 36119
Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), 2007, ICPSR 31161
Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), 2013, ICPSR 36164
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest, 2006, ICPSR 22400
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest, 2007, ICPSR 25101
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest, 2008, ICPSR 27648
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Offense Known and Clearances by Arrest, 2011, ICPSR 34586
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest, 2012, ICPSR 35021
Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest, 2013, ICPSR 36122

For similar study information and characteristics, please refer to these studies.For additional information on the Fatal Encounters project, please visit the Fatal Encounters website.For additional information on the Mapping Police Violence project, please visit the Mapping Police Violence website.For additional information on the American Community Survey, please visit the U.S. Census Bureau website.