Additional information on trends in law enforcement officers killed is available from Homicide Trends in the United States, a section of the BJS web site which outlines patterns and trends in homicide since 1976. Five consolidated police-sheriffs are included under local police category. Non-military federal officers authorized to carry firearms and make arrests. Data are obtained on the organization and administration of police and sheriffs' departments including agency responsibilities, operating expenditures, job functions of sworn and civilian employees, officer salaries and special pay, demographic characteristics of officers, weapons and armor policies, education and training requirements, computers and information systems, vehicles, special units, and community policing activities. Law Enforcement Agencies provides data on all of the more than 18,000 State and local law enforcement agencies operating nationwide.
Data collected include the number of sworn and civilian personnel by State and type of agency.
Codebooks and Datasets Survey of Campus Law Enforcement Agencies , provides data describing nearly 600 campus law enforcement agencies serving U.S. 4-year universities or colleges with 2,500 or more students. Data are collected on agency personnel, expenditures and pay, operations, equipment, computers and information systems, policies, and special programs. Codebooks and Datasets Federal Law Enforcement Agency Census provides national data on Federal law enforcement agencies with arrest and firearms authority. Data collected include the number of officers working in the areas of criminal investigation and enforcement, police patrol and response, security and protection, court operations, and corrections, by agency and State. Data for race and sex of officers were collected for the first time in 1996.