An employee of a local law enforcement agency who is an officer sworn to carry out law enforcement duties. Examples include sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, chiefs of police, city police officers, and sworn personnel of law enforcement subunits of port and transit authorities. For national level general data, this class includes campus police officers employed by of local city and community college districts. Private campus police are excluded. (https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tdtp&tid=7)
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