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    The IACP does not recommend using police officer to population ratios as the basis for determining agency staffing levels. Ratios can provide historical context but staffing decisions require consideration of multiple complex factors. Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows average police staffing ratios ranging from 1.8 to 2.5 full-time officers per 1,000 residents depending on the population served. While not determinative of staffing needs, this data may help agencies analyze long-term staffing trends.

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    The IACP does not recommend using police officer to population ratios as the basis for determining agency staffing levels. Ratios can provide historical context but staffing decisions require consideration of multiple complex factors. Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows average police staffing ratios ranging from 1.8 to 2.5 full-time officers per 1,000 residents depending on the population served. While not determinative of staffing needs, this data may help agencies analyze long-term staffing trends.

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    The IACP does not recommend using police officer to population ratios as the basis for determining agency staffing levels. Ratios can provide historical context but staffing decisions require consideration of multiple complex factors. Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows average police staffing ratios ranging from 1.8 to 2.5 full-time officers per 1,000 residents depending on the population served. While not determinative of staffing needs, this data may help agencies analyze long-term staffing trends.

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    The IACP does not recommend using police officer to population ratios as the basis for determining agency staffing levels. Ratios can provide historical context but staffing decisions require consideration of multiple complex factors. Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows average police staffing ratios ranging from 1.8 to 2.5 full-time officers per 1,000 residents depending on the population served. While not determinative of staffing needs, this data may help agencies analyze long-term staffing trends.

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    Perspectives

    Research Center Directorate

    International Association of Chiefs of Police

    Police Officer to Population Ratios Bureau of Justice Statistics Data


    Introduction
    The IACP Perspectives series is intended to help local agency decision-making by providing useful information gleaned from our network of information sources. The Perspectives series does not present IACP positions on the topic being addressed, nor does it replace long-term research. Perspectives publications raise thoughtful issues regarding complex policy topics- in this case, police officer to population ratios- to inform the debate at the local level.

    Ratio Data and Agency Staffing


    Before presenting BJS data, it is first important to clarify IACPs position on police to population ratios and why they should not be used as a basis for agency staffing decisions. The following is a quote from IACPs Patrol Staffing and Deployment Study brochure: Ratios, such as officers-per-thousand population, are totally inappropriate as a basis for staffing decisions. Accordingly, they have no place in the IACP methodology. Defining patrol staffing allocation and deployment requirements is a complex endeavor which requires consideration of an extensive series of factors and a sizable body of reliable, current data. BJS ratio data presented here can be useful to local agencies in other ways, including historic perspective on staffing trends across all US law enforcement, and in conducting long term staffing trend analysis, locally, regionally and nationally.

    BJS Ratio Data


    The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) publishes Local Police Departments report every three to four years. This report contains excellent and highly reliable data on state and local police personnel throughout the U.S. One aspect of this report is the average ratio of full time officers per 1,000 residents. The most recent BJS data on this topic (2003), by size of population served follows:

    Population Served 250,000 or more 100,000 to 249,999 50,000 to 99,999 25,000 to 49,999
    *Average Ratio

    *FT Officers Per 1,000 Residents 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.8

    Population Served 10,000 to 24,999 2,500 to 9,999 1,000 to 2,499 All Sizes

    *FT Officers Per 1,000 Residents 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.5

    In addition to the Local Police Departments publication, BJS also publishes a more comprehensive report intermittently entitled Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (year): Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers. Both reports can be valuable to local law enforcement agencies. To learn more about the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and their statistical reports on law enforcement, visit their website: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs.

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