Sheriffs' Offices Personnel, 2020

• NCJ Number: 305200
• Author(s): Connor Brooks
• Date Published: November 2022
• Length: 25 pages
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Publication Series: BJS Bulletins
• Publication Format: Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Publication; Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Part of the BJS Sheriffs’ Offices publication series.

Abstract

This report provides data on full-time sworn officers and civilians employed by sheriffs’ offices. It presents data on the number, sex, race or Hispanic origin, and responsibilities of full-time personnel at sheriffs’ offices. The report also provides information on the policies and procedures that sheriffs’ offices adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Highlights

• Sheriffs’ offices employed 174,000 full-time sworn officers and 191,000 full-time civilian personnel in 2020.
• More than three-quarters (76%) of sheriffs’ offices employed fewer than 50 full-time-equivalent (FTE) sworn officers.
• About 14% of full-time sworn officers and 12% of first-line supervisors in sheriffs’ offices were female.
• About 10% of full-time sworn officers in sheriffs’ offices were black, and 14% were Hispanic.