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Table C. -<br />

continued<br />

Type of agency<br />

County Municipal Special State<br />

police police Sheriff police police<br />

Item description (n-34) (n-380) (n-153) (n-17) (n-49)<br />

Expenditures <strong>and</strong> pay (cont.)<br />

Percent of agencies authorizing special pay for officers:<br />

Hazardous duty pay 41% 27% 30% 12% 22%<br />

Shift differential pay 59 41 26 71 47<br />

Educational incentive pay 38 67 56 24 14<br />

Merit pay 41 32 45 18 41<br />

Percent of agencies authorizing collective ba,rgaining<br />

<strong>and</strong> membership organizations for officers:<br />

Collective bargaining by employees 56% 72% 47% 82% 49%<br />

Officer membership in non police union 9 10 15 18 14<br />

Officer membership in police union 56 61 33 53 35<br />

Officer membership in police association 29 45 35 35 51<br />

Operations<br />

Percent of agencies performing the enforcement <strong>and</strong><br />

investigative functions of:<br />

Accident investigation 100% 100% 71% 59% 100 01 ,<br />

Ballistics testing 27 16 18 0 45<br />

Crime Investigation 100 100 100 100 100<br />

Fingerprint processing 77 85 81 29 59<br />

Laboratory testing 32 20 27 0 45<br />

Patrol <strong>and</strong> first response to incidents 100 100 97 88 96<br />

Traffic enforcement 100 100 82 59 100<br />

Percent of agencies performing the special functions of:<br />

Animal control 18% 31% 12% 6% 0%<br />

Civil defense 9 11 19 12 12<br />

Civil process serving 21 3 93 0 4<br />

Communications <strong>and</strong> dispatch 79 85 82 82 76<br />

Court security 9 22 93 6 4<br />

Emergency medical services 9 '16 13 41 27<br />

Jail operation 6 21 92 0 0<br />

Lockup facility operation 68 51 29 47 12<br />

Search <strong>and</strong> rescue 50 30 71 29 45<br />

Training academy operation 71 40 40 35 69<br />

Percent of agencies participating in a 911 emergency system:<br />

Exp<strong>and</strong>ed/enhanced system 65% 57% 56% 12% 37%<br />

Regular system 24 27 29 24 31<br />

Vehicles<br />

Average number of cars operated per 100 sworn officers:<br />

Marked 44 26 31 10 71<br />

Unmarked 27 21 24 11 27<br />

Percent of agencies allowing officers to drive marked vehicles:<br />

For commu~ng purposes 62% 30% 69% 12% 90%<br />

For off-duty private err<strong>and</strong>s 47 17 34 0 16<br />

Percent of agencies operating vehicles othertha.n cars:<br />

Armmed vehicles 9% 8% 10% 12% 8%<br />

Bicycles 9 20 7 0 4<br />

Boats 47 23 67 12 43<br />

Buses 41 22 47 24 49<br />

Airplanes 21 6 28 0 86<br />

Helicopters 35 13 28 0 59<br />

Weapons <strong>and</strong> armor<br />

Percent of agencies authorizing semiautomatic<br />

sidearms for use by offICers:<br />

Any type 85% 92% 92% 59% 80%<br />

.357 0 4 7 0 4<br />

.380 6 16 17 0 10<br />

.45 21 38 49 12 27<br />

9mm 76 86 88 59 74<br />

10mm 6 7 18 6 18<br />

Summary tables xi

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