" In 2021, campus law enforcement agencies employed an average of 2.1 officers per 1,000 students, with agencies serving public institutions employing an average of 2.2 officers per 1,000 students, compared to an average of 1.8 per 1,000 in agencies serving private institutions.
" A lower percentage of campus law enforcement agencies serving public institutions (65%) than of those serving private institutions (84%) had 24-hour patrol coverage by uniformed sworn or nonsworn operations personnel at all times during the year.
" About 95% of agencies serving 4-year institutions with 1,000 or more full-time students authorized the use of handguns for full-time sworn officers, with a higher percentage of agencies serving public institutions (98%) than private institutions (89%) authorizing their use.
" Campus law enforcement agencies serving 4-year institutions with 1,000 or more students required an average of 929 total training hours for new full-time sworn officers: about 593 academy training hours and 337 field training hours.
" Most campus law enforcement agencies serving 4-year institutions with 1,000 or more students that required in-service training covered the topics of diversity (90%), de-escalation (89%), mental health (87%), bias or hate crimes (87%), crisis intervention (84%), and implicit bias (81%).
" Around 8 in 10 (81%) campus law enforcement agencies serving 4-year institutions with 1,000 or more students had a formal written agreement or informal problemsolving partnership with other law enforcement agencies."
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.
