Law Enforcement Demographics

Demographics

This data displays specific demographics such as average age, ethnicity and gender. This is data collected by the local law enforcement agency and reported to POST. 

Current Law Enforcement Demographics

This data displays specific demographics such as average age, ethnicity and gender. This is data collected by the local law enforcement agency and reported to POST. Data filtered by agency and is current statistics based on current notice of appointments.

Training

California peace officers are required to obtain 24 continual professional training credits every 2-years to maintain their peace officer status. The data presented is the average the number of training hours accomplished statewide and can be filtered per agency or per officer each year. The data can also be filtered by individual agency. 

Employment

This data displays the number of peace officers, reserve officers and public safety dispatchers that are employed each year in California. It also includes the average overall tenure of a peace officer each year.