This report provides basic information on the number of full-time sworn law enforcement employees for selected years between 1973-1992, compares trends in crime and arrests to trends in law enforcement employment, and presents national data on law enforcement employees, crime, and arrests, including 5-year trends regarding the gender of Wisconsin law enforcement employees. Analysis of the data reveals, inter alia, that the number of sworn officers in Wisconsin increased by 30.7 percent; the number of total arrests per officer increased for every law enforcement agency category except that of suburban sheriff's offices; Index crimes and arrests per officer increased steadily in Wisconsin, but remained relatively stable nationwide; and the number of male sworn officers increased by 5.4 percent from 1988 to 1992 while the number of female sworn officers increased by 27.6 percent. A sample Federal Bureau of Investigation survey form and examples of how the statistics may be used by individual law enforcement agencies are provided in appendixes.
LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES IN WISCONSIN, 1973-1992
NCJ Number
145573
Date Published
1993
Length
15 pages
Annotation
Information on full-time law enforcement employees of Wisconsin is reported.
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