Training.State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2002, published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics Noun 1. Bureau of Justice Statistics - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers BJS (BJS Noun 1. BJS - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers Bureau of Justice Statistics ), includes data pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. 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 The consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin by an officer of the law in deciding when and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity. Police officers often profile certain types of individuals who are more likely to perpetrate crimes. . 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 full-time adj. Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant. full 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. |
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