Form CJ-44LP LEMAS - LOCAL DEPARTMENTS AND PRIMARY STATE POLICE AGENC

2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS)

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2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics Survey

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Form CJ-44LP

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2024 LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
STATISTICS (LEMAS) SURVEY
LOCAL DEPARTMENTS AND PRIMARY STATE POLICE AGENCIES

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Washington, DC 20531. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (34 U.S.C. § 10132), authorizes this information collection. Although
this survey is voluntary, we urgently need and appreciate your cooperation to make the results comprehensive, accurate, and timely.

AGENCY ID:

ATTACHMENT A

Section I: Personnel
1.

Enter the number of full-time and part-time paid agency employees for the pay period specified below.
Count employees who are regularly scheduled to work less than 35 hours per week as part-time. If none, enter '0'.
Pay period that included December 31, 2024:

Full-time

a. Sworn officers with general arrest powers
b. Non-sworn/civilian personnel
Payc.period
December
2024:
Totalthat
paidincluded
employees
(sum of 31,
rows
a and b)

Enter the number of full-time sworn officer vacancies for the pay period specified below.

a. Pay period that included
December 31, 2024:

Full-time sworn
officer vacancies

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Part-time

ATTACHMENT A

Unless otherwise noted, please answer all remaining questions using December 31, 2024, as a reference.
3.

Enter the number of full-time personnel according to their primary job responsibility for the pay period
that included December 31, 2024. Count each full-time staff person ONLY once. If a person performed more
than one function, enter that person’s count in the job category in which s/he spent most of her/his time. If none,
enter ‘0’.
Sworn officers
Non-sworn /
with general
civilian
arrest powers
personnel
a. Administration – Chief of police, assistants and other personnel who
work in an administrative capacity. Include finance, human resources,
and internal affairs.
b. Total operations – Police officers, detectives, inspectors, supervisors,
and other personnel providing direct law enforcement services. Include
traffic, patrol, investigations, and special operations.
1. Officers – Patrol/field officers, police officers, traffic, SROs, etc.
2. Detectives/investigators
3. All other operations personnel – Inspectors, supervisors, special
operations, and other personnel providing direct law enforcement
services.
c. Total support – Dispatchers, records clerks, crime analysts, crime lab
technicians and other personnel providing support services other than
administrative. Include communications, crime lab, fleet management,
and training.
1. Dispatchers
2. Crime analysts/intelligence analysts
3. Crime scene technicians
4. All other support personnel – Records clerks and other personnel
providing support services other than administrative. Include
communications, crime lab, fleet management, and training.
d. Other personnel not included above (e.g., crossing guards, parking
enforcement, information technology (IT), etc.)

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ATTACHMENT A

Enter the number of full-time sworn officers by race, Hispanic origin and sex for the pay period that
included December 31, 2024. If none, enter ‘0’.
Male

Female

a. White, non-Hispanic
b. Black or African American, non-Hispanic
c. Hispanic or Latino
d. American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
e. Asian, non-Hispanic
f. Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
g. Two or more races
h. Not known
i. Total full-time sworn officers (sum of rows a-h)

Enter the sex and race and/or ethnicity of the chief executive (i.e., Chief of Police, Commissioner) for the
pay period that included December 31, 2024.
a. Sex
Male
Female
b. Race and/or ethnicity (select all that apply)
White
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Middle Eastern or North African
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

AGENCY ID:

ATTACHMENT A
6.

Enter the number of full-time sworn officers by race, Hispanic origin and sex who held the following
supervisory positions for the pay period that included December 31, 2024. If a position did not exist in your
agency, select ‘N/A’. If none, enter ‘0’.
Intermediate
supervisor
(below chief executive
and above sergeant or
first-line supervisor)

Sergeant or
equivalent
first-line supervisor

N/A

Enter the number of full-time agency personnel who were bi- or multilingual as of December 31, 2024.
Full-time employees are those regularly scheduled for 35 or more hours per week. If none, enter ‘0’.
Bilingual or Multilingual
Full-Time Personnel
a. Sworn with general arrest powers
b. Non-sworn/civilian personnel

AGENCY ID:

ATTACHMENT A
8a. As of December 31, 2024, how did your agency address the following problems/tasks? Mark the most
appropriate choice for each problem/task listed below. Consider FULL-TIME sworn officers with general arrest
powers and FULL-TIME non-sworn/civilian personnel. Mark ONLY ONE choice per row.
Agency DID NOT HAVE a specialized unit
with full-time personnel
(1)
Agency had a
(3)
specialized
Agency
unit with
(2)
addressed this
(5)
personnel
Agency had problem/task,
(4)
Agency’s
assigned full- designated
but did not Agency did not jurisdiction
time to
personnel to
have
formally
did not have
address this address this
designated
address this this problem
Type of problem/task
problem/task problem/task
personnel
problem/task
(N/A)
a. Bias/hate crime
b. Child abuse/endangerment
c. Cybercrime
d. Domestic violence
e. Firearms
f. Gangs
g. Human trafficking
h. Impaired drivers (DUI/DWI)
i. Juvenile crimes
j. Methamphetamine labs
k. Missing children
l. Parking enforcement
m. School safety
n. Sexual assault
o. Terrorism/homeland security
p. Traffic enforcement

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ATTACHMENT A
8b. As of December 31, 2024, how did your agency address the following problems/tasks? Mark the most
appropriate choice for each problem/task listed below. Consider FULL-TIME sworn officers with general arrest
powers and FULL-TIME non-sworn/civilian personnel. Mark ONLY ONE choice per row.
Agency DID NOT HAVE a specialized unit
with full-time personnel
(1)
Agency had a
(3)
specialized
Agency
unit with
(2)
addressed this
(5)
personnel
Agency had problem/task,
(4)
Agency’s
assigned full- designated
but did not Agency did not jurisdiction
time to
personnel to
have
formally
did not have
address this address this
designated
address this this problem
Type of problem/task
problem/task problem/task
personnel
problem/task
(N/A)
a. Agency standards/accreditation
b. Bomb/explosive disposal
c. Community policing
d. Crime analysis
e. Crime scene investigation
f. Homelessness
g. Internal affairs
h. Mental health/crisis intervention
i. Opioids
j. Public relations
k. Research and planning
l. Special operations (e.g., SWAT)
m. Victim assistance

Section II: Budget
9a. Enter your agency's total operating budget for the fiscal years specified below. If the budget is not
available, provide an estimate and check the box below. DO NOT include building construction costs or major
equipment purchases.
Please mark if this
figure is an estimate

Operating Budget
Fiscal year that included
December 31, 2024:

.00

9b. Please indicate the month and day on which your agency’s fiscal year begins:
/
MM / D D

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ATTACHMENT A
10. Enter the total estimated value of money, goods, and property received by your agency from an asset
forfeiture program during the fiscal year that included December 31, 2024. If data are not available,
provide an estimate and check the box below. Include federal, state and local funds. If no money, goods or
property were received, enter '0'.

.00

Please mark here if this figure is an estimate

Section III: Community Policing (LOCAL POLICE ONLY)
11. During the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024, did your agency have an informal problemsolving partnership or formal written agreement with any of the following?
Yes
No
a. Academic/university staff
b. Advocacy groups
c. Business groups
d. Federal law enforcement agencies
e. Law enforcement organizations (e.g., IACP, National Police Foundation)
f. Neighborhood associations
g. Non-law enforcement government agencies
h. State or local law enforcement agencies
i. Victim service providers
j. Other (please specify):

12. During the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024, did your agency solicit feedback from the
community for any of the following? Include informal (e.g., via social media, community listening sessions)
and formal (e.g., via a community survey or advisory council) feedback received.
Yes
a. Allocating resources to neighborhoods
b. Assessing community trust
c. Evaluating officer or agency performance
d. Informing agency policies and procedures
e. Prioritizing crime/disorder problems
f. Training development

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ATTACHMENT A
13. During the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024, which of the following did your agency do?
Yes

a. Maintain a written community policing plan
b. Conduct a citizen police academy
c. Conduct citizen range days
d. Conduct foot patrol
e. Work with a Community Advisory Committee
f. Other (please specify):

Section IV: Selection and Training
14a. Indicate your agency's minimum education requirement which new (non-lateral) sworn personnel recruits
must have at hiring or within two years of hiring. Mark ONLY ONE response.
Four-year college degree required
Two-year college degree required
Some college, but no degree required
Total credit hours required:
High school diploma or equivalent required
No formal education requirement  SKIP to #15
on page 10

14b. Does your agency consider military service as an exemption to this minimum education
requirement?
Yes
No

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ATTACHMENT A
15. Which of the following screening techniques are used by your agency in selecting new (non-lateral) sworn
officer recruits?
Background check
Yes
No
a. Background investigation
b. Credit history check
c. Criminal history check
d. Driving record check
e. Social media check
Personal attributes

Yes

f. Cognitive ability assessment (e.g., writing, reading
comprehension, analytical skills)
g. Interpersonal skills assessment
h. Personality/psychological inventory
i. Psychological interview
j. Polygraph exam
Physical attributes
k. Drug test
l. Medical exam
m. Vision test
n. Physical agility/fitness test

 If no, SKIP to #16

o. (If yes to #15n) Does your agency have different
standards based on sex?
16. How many total hours of academy training and field training (e.g., with FTO) are required of your
agency’s new (non-lateral) sworn officer recruits? Include law enforcement training ONLY. If no training of
that type is required, enter ‘0’.
Academy training hours
Field training hours
a. State mandated hours
b. Additional training hours
c. Total hours of training (sum of rows a and b)
17. What is the minimum annual number of in-service hours of training that is required for your agency’s fulltime sworn officers? Include law enforcement training ONLY. If no training of that type is required, enter ‘0’.
Minimum annual hours
per officer
a. State mandated hours
b. Additional training hours
c. Total hours of training (sum of rows a and b)
AGENCY ID:

ATTACHMENT A

Section V: Hiring and Retention
18a. During the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024, how many full-time sworn officers were hired by
your agency? Include all full-time sworn personnel hired whether they are currently employed by the agency or
not.
Number of full-time sworn officers hired
 If 0, SKIP to #20.
18b. (If at least one new hire) How many of those hires were:
Number of Full-Time
Sworn Officers Hired
a. Entry-level hires (non-lateral)
b. Lateral transfers/hires
c. Other new hires
 If #18b, row a (entry-level hires) is 0, SKIP to #20.
19. Based on the most recent class of entry-level sworn officers hired, on average, how many weeks
passed from the time they submitted their application to the time they were offered
employment? DO NOT include basic academy training.
Average number of weeks until hire
20.

Which of the following types of applicants for entry-level sworn officer hires were targeted through
special recruitment efforts during the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024?
Yes
No
a. 4-year college graduates
b. Military veterans
c. Multi-lingual speaking
d. People with prior law enforcement experience
e. Racial/ethnic minorities
f. Women
g. Other (please specify):

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ATTACHMENT A
21.

Did your agency offer any of the following incentives for entry-level sworn officer hires during the 12month period ending December 31, 2024?
Yes
No
a. Employment signing bonus
b. Free or reimbursed academy training
c. Salary paid during academy training
d. Training academy graduation bonus
e. Relocation assistance (e.g., moving, travel costs)
f. Other (please specify):

22a. During the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024, how many full-time sworn officers separated from
your agency? DO NOT include sworn officer recruits who separated prior to completing academy training. If
none, enter ‘0’.
Number of full-time sworn officers separated
 If 0, SKIP to #23 on page 13
22b. (If at least one separation) How many of those separations were:
Number of Full-Time
Sworn Officers Separated
a. Probationary rejections
b. Layoffs
c. Dismissals (e.g., terminations, forced resignations
or separations)
d. Voluntary resignations
e. Medical/disability retirements
f. Non-medical retirements
g. Deaths
h. Other reasons

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ATTACHMENT A
23. Which of the following best describes your agency's exit interview policy used to assess full-time sworn
officers' reasons for departure? Mark ONLY ONE response.
Exit interviews conducted with officers selected by the agency
Exit interviews conducted with officers if they request one
Exit interviews conducted based on other policy
Exit interviews typically not conducted

24. Enter the base annual salary schedule for the following full-time sworn positions as of December 31, 2024.
If a position does not exist on a full-time basis in your agency, select 'NA.' In cases where there is not a range in
salary, please enter the same salary for minimum and maximum.
Base ANNUAL Salary
Minimum
Maximum
N/A
a. Chief executive (chief, director, etc.)
b. Sergeant or equivalent first-line supervisor
c. Entry-level officer (post-academy)

$
$
$

.00 $
.00 $
.00 $

,
,
,

.00
.00
.00

25. During the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024, did your agency authorize or provide any of the
following special pay for sworn officers?
Yes
a. Bilingual ability pay
b. Education incentive pay
c. Hazardous duty pay
d. Merit/performance pay
e. Military service pay
f. Residential incentive pay
g. Shift differential pay
h. Special skills proficiency pay

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ATTACHMENT A
26. During the 12-month period ending December 31, 2024, did your agency offer the following benefits to
increase retention among full-time sworn officers?
Yes

a. College tuition reimbursement
b. Employee Assistance Program
c. Enhanced medical benefits
d. Enhanced retirement benefits
e. Extra overtime opportunities
f. Flexible hours to attend college
g. Free or financial allowance for uniforms
h. Housing allowance or mortgage discount program
i. Increased pay at specific service milestones
j. Job sharing or time splits
k. On-duty time allowance for fitness maintenance
l. On-site child care
m. Paid maternity leave
n. Paid paternity leave
o. Peer support program
p. Relaxed residency requirements
q. Take home vehicle
r. Other (please specify):

27. What is the standard shift length for sworn patrol officers in your agency?
Hours per Day

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ATTACHMENT A

Section VI: Equipment and Operations
28. As of December 31, 2024, which of the following types of firearms were authorized for use by your agency’s
full-time sworn officers?
On duty
Off duty
Not
Not
Authorized authorized Authorized authorized
a. Handgun
b. Shotgun or manual rifle
c. Semi-automatic rifle (e.g., AR-15)
d. Fully automatic rifle (e.g., M-16)
29. As of December 31, 2024, which of the following types of weapons or actions were authorized for use by your
agency’s full-time sworn officers?
Almost
Authorized
Always/
Under Limited
Always
Circumstances
Never
Authorized
Authorized
a. Open hand techniques
b. Closed hand techniques
c. Takedown techniques (e.g., straight arm bar)
d. Vascular restraint or carotid hold
e. Respiratory neck restraint
f. Leg hobble or other restraints (not including handcuffs)
g. OC spray/foam
h. Chemical agent projectile (e.g., CS/tear gas, OC pellets)
i. Baton
j. Blunt force projectile (e.g., bean bag, rubber bullets)
k. Conducted energy device (e.g., Taser, stun gun, Stinger)
l. Other (please specify):

30. As of December 31, 2024, how many of the following types of video cameras were operated by your agency
on a regular basis? If none, enter ‘0’.
Total Number
a. Fixed-site surveillance in public areas
b. Mobile surveillance
c. On aerial drones
d. In patrol cars
e. On police officers (e.g., body-worn cameras)
f.

On weapons (e.g., firearms)

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ATTACHMENT A
31a. As of December 31, 2024, how many handlers and K-9s did your agency employ? If none, enter ‘0’.
Handlers
K-9s
 If your agency did not have any K-9s, SKIP to #32.
31b. (If at least one K-9) What types of activities did your K-9s engage in?
Yes
No
a. Bomb/explosive detecting
b. Cadaver
c. Drug detecting
d. General enforcement (e.g., patrol, traffic
enforcement, crowd control, etc.)
e. Suspect apprehension
f. Search and rescue
g. Other (please specify):

Section VII: Technology
32. As of December 31, 2024, did your agency maintain a website?
Yes
No
33. As of December 31, 2024, did your agency use social media to communicate with the public?
Yes
No
34. As of December 31, 2024, did your agency use any of the following on a regular basis?
a. Computer aided dispatch (CAD)
b. Record management system (RMS)
c. Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) or Next Generation Identification (NGI)
d. Geographic information systems (GIS)
e. Facial recognition
f.

Infrared (thermal) imagers

g. License plate readers (LPR)
h. Tire deflation devices
i.

Gunshot detection (e.g., ShotSpotter)

Firearm tracing (e.g., eTrace)

k. Ballistic imaging (e.g., NIBIN, IBIS)

AGENCY ID:

Yes

ATTACHMENT A
35. As of December 31, 2024, did your agency use data for any of the following activities?

Yes

a. Budget allocation
b. Hot spot analysis
c. Intelligence analysis
d. Patrol allocation
e. Predictive policing (i.e., using computer models to predict where crime will occur)
f. Social network analysis
g. Targeted enforcement

Section VIII: Policies and Procedures
36. As of December 31, 2024, did your agency have written policy or procedural directives on the following?
Officer conduct
Yes
No
a. Code of conduct and appearance
b. Maximum work hours allowed per day. Please specify:
c.
d.
e.
f.

Off-duty conduct
Firearm discharge
Use of deadly force
Use of less-lethal force

Dealing with special populations/situations
g. Domestic disputes
h. Homeless persons
i. Juveniles
j. Mentally ill persons
k. Persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities

Yes

Procedural
l. Active shooter
m. Body-worn cameras
n. Checking on immigration status by patrol officers
o. Civilian complaints
p. Detaining federal immigration violators
q. In-custody deaths
r. Mass demonstrations
s. Motor vehicle stops
t. Prisoner transport
u. Racial profiling or unbiased policing
v. Reporting use of force
w. Social media use
x. Stop and frisk
y. Strip searches
z. Vehicle pursuits

Yes

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ATTACHMENT A
37.

As of December 31, 2024, did your agency have an operational computerized Early Warning System or
Early Intervention System for monitoring or responding to problematic officer behavior?
Yes
No

38. Is there a civilian complaint review board or agency in your jurisdiction that reviews complaints against
officers in your agency?
Yes
No
39. As of December 31, 2024, did your agency require another law enforcement agency to conduct a criminal
investigation in the following situations? ONLY include investigations conducted by another law enforcement
or criminal investigative body. DO NOT include civilian reviews.
Yes
a. Discharge of a firearm at or in the direction of a person
b. Use of force resulting in a subject sustaining serious bodily injury
c. Use of force resulting in a subject’s death
d. In-custody death not due to use of force (e.g., suicide, intoxication or accident)

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ATTACHMENT A
Text for questions to assess the feasibility of obtaining sworn personnel contact information of potential future research
(will only be on the web instrument, and only displayed after online submission of the 2024 LEMAS survey)

BJS is looking into the feasibility of conducting surveys of individual sworn personnel. Such a survey would likely require
collecting a full or partial list of sworn personnel, including contact and demographic information, from agencies. Please
note, although the research would involve responses from individual sworn personnel, the identity of respondents
would be kept completely conﬁdential, and all results would be reported in aggregate form only (as BJS reported on a
prior survey of school resource oﬃcers, see https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/sro1920.pdf).
1. Would your agency be willing to submit a list of sworn personnel as part of a future BJS data collection eﬀort?
No (if No, please indicate why__________) STOP HERE
Yes
If yes:
2. Please indicate which information your agency would be willing to provide on the list of sworn personnel. (Mark one
for each row)
List including:
For all sworn
For some sworn*
Will not provide
Contact information
Rank
Sex
Race and ethnicity
* A speciﬁc subset of sworn personnel, such as only school resource oﬃcers or ﬁrst-line supervisors
3. What would be the best way for BJS to administer surveys to individual sworn personnel?
BJS contacts sworn personnel directly
BJS works with an agency point of contact to provide the survey (paper or web link) to sworn personnel
No agency preference
Other (please indicate _____)

AGENCY ID:

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