Training.

State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2002, published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), includes data pertaining to personnel, facilities and resources, trainees, and curricula. Information was derived from the 2002 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies. Special topics include training related to terrorism, community policing, and racial profiling. Highlights feature the following: among basic law enforcement academy classes that completed training during 2002, an estimated 61,354 recruits started training and 53,302 (or 87 percent) successfully completed or graduated from the program; in 2002, academies employed about 12,200 full-time and 25,700 parttime trainers or instructors; and the total expenditures of training academies during fiscal 2002 was an estimated $725.6 million, including $351.2 million among county, regional, or state academies, $299.4 million among city or municipal academies, and $75.1 million among college, university, or technical school academies. This report can be accessed at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/slleta02.htm.