Fully Sworn Police Officers Working At US Colleges and Universities

"ƒ Nearly 1,300 campus law enforcement agencies employed about 17,600 full-time sworn officers and 25,000 full-time civilians at 4-year institutions serving 1,000 or more full-time students on the first day of the 2021–2022 academic year. 

"ƒ In campus law enforcement agencies serving 4-year institutions with 1,000 or more students in 2021, about 82% of full-time sworn officers were male and 18% were female. 

"ƒ At 4-year institutions serving 2,500 or more full-time students, the percentage of full-time sworn officers who were white or black decreased from 2004 (69% white, 21% black) to 2021 (61% white, 19% black), while the percentage who were Hispanic increased from 6% to 11%."

Source

Elizabeth J. Davis, Campus Law Enforcement Agencies Serving 4-year Institutions, 2021-2022 – Statistical Tables, NCJ 309076, Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, Nov. 2024.
 

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