NCJ Number
59135
Date Published
1979
Length
78 pages
Annotation
ACTIVITIES OF THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 1978, AS REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS, ARE PRESENTED IN TABULAR STATISTICAL FORM.
Abstract
STATISTICAL DATA IS DIVIDED INTO SIX MAJOR SUBJECT AREAS. FIRST, GENERAL COMPARISONS COVER POPULATION, SIZE AND POLICE COST; CRIME, ARREST, AND TRAFFIC RATES PER 1000 POPULATION; AND PART I CRIMES AND ATTEMPTS REPORTED TO THE FBI. SECOND, FOR CRIMES AND OTHER INVESTIGATIONS STATISTICS ARE PRESENTED ON CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY; HOMICIDE, FORCIBLE RAPE, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT; ROBBERIES AND ATTEMPTS; VEHICLE THEFTS AND RECOVERIES; AND SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTS. ADULT ARRESTS ARE DIVIDED BY LOCATION; BY MONTH AND TYPE OF OFFENSE; BY AGE, SEX, AND TYPE OF OFFENSE; AND BY ARRESTING GEOGRAPHIC BUREAU; DISPOSITIONS ARE INCLUDED. SIMILARLY, THE JUVENILE ARRESTS INFORMATION IS DIVIDED ACCORDING TO LOCATION AND TYPE OF OFFENSE; BY MONTH AND TYPE OF OFFENSE; BY RESIDENCE AND TYPE OF OFFENSE; BY AGE, SEX, AND TYPE OF OFFENSE; AND BY ARRESTING BUREAUS INCLUDING THE CENTRAL, SOUTH, WEST, VALLEY AND OTHERS. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS INCLUDE ALL ACCIDENTS BY MONTH AND LOCATION, ALL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURIES OR FATALITIES BY CAUSE AND LOCATION, ALL PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENTS BY CAUSE AND LOCATION, AND A BREAKDOWN OF ACCIDENTS BY TYPE AND REPORTING UNIT. FINALLY, PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT INFORMATION IS SHOWN IN STATISTICS REGARDING CIVILIAN AND SWORN PERSONNEL, TRAINING DIVISION CURRICULA DATA, AND AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT DATA. THE DOCUMENT CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF STATISTICAL DATA WITH NO NARRATIVE TEXT. (LWM)