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Dothan Police Department

City agencyAL0380100NIBRS since 2017LEMAS 2020

Dale, Henry, Houston County, Alabama

Serves ~69,414 residents · LEMAS survey

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI AL0380100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 1,795 victims, 1,517 offenders
Victim sex
Female971 (54%)
Male819 (46%)
Unknown5 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,325 (75%)
White443 (25%)
Asian3 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons442 (33%)
Handgun223 (17%)
Firearm183 (14%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument132 (10%)
Other89 (7%)
Blunt Object87 (7%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,116 (62%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk329 (18%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage74 (4%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.49 (3%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital35 (2%)
Convenience Store23 (1%)

Top 6 of 27 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance370 (22%)
Relationship Unknown269 (16%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend209 (13%)
Stranger198 (12%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)88 (5%)
Offender85 (5%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property94 (30%)
Simple Assault66 (21%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations38 (12%)
All Other Larceny20 (6%)
Weapon Law Violations15 (5%)
Drug Equipment Violations14 (4%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
175
Part-time sworn
13
Full-time civilian
92
Part-time civilian
11
Total FT employees
267
Population served
69,414
Operating budget
$27,000,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201315868$17,353,101
2007148100$14,000,000
200315577$12,643,297
200015995$11,000,000
199915572
199712872
199311052

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No open data sources are catalogued for this agency yet. FBI reported-crime data is still available via the Crime Data Explorer link above.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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