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Decatur Police Department

City agencyAL0520100NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Limestone, Morgan County, Alabama

Serves ~54,381 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 AL0520100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 2,215 victims, 4,309 offenders
Victim sex
Female1,136 (51%)
Male1,058 (48%)
Unknown21 (1%)
Victim race
White1,455 (67%)
Black or African American708 (33%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,406 (37%)
Grocery/Supermarket695 (18%)
Specialty Store400 (11%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage335 (9%)
Shopping Mall123 (3%)
Other/Unknown122 (3%)

Top 6 of 32 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown74 (70%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend10 (10%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)9 (9%)
Acquaintance4 (4%)
Friend2 (2%)
Other Family Member1 (1%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault70 (20%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property58 (17%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations55 (16%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud50 (14%)
Drug Equipment Violations31 (9%)
Arson23 (7%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Open data

Possible sources (1) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
129
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
17
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
146
Population served
54,381
Operating budget
$15,014,739
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201313025$11,812,534
200713024$10,598,000
20031269$9,538,980
200012618$8,082,000
199912739
19971450

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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