Glossary:Police personnel

Employees of public agencies whose main tasks are: enforcement of laws and regulations, maintaining civil order, protecting people and property, and prevention, detection and investigation of crime.

Including: police officers, criminal detectives, traffic police, border police, gendarmerie, city guards and municipal police.

Excluding: customs officers, tax investigators, military police, secret services, police reserves, cadets, and court guards; and support staff such as secretaries and clerks.

Main types for crime statists:

• Preventive police personnel (example uniformed constable):

prevention of crimes and protection of public safety, such as community policing, area patrol, responding to emergencies, making arrests, issuing citations, traffic control, etc.

• Investigative police personnel (example plainclothes detective):

investigation of crimes after they have ocurred, such as gathering information, analysing evidence, interviewing witnesses, interrogating suspects, as well as technical forensic work.

Further information

• Crime and criminal justice metadata file
• Justice personell metadata file

Statistical data

• Personell statistics

Source

• The International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008

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