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Lawton Police Department

City agencyMI8052400NIBRS since 1995LEMAS 2020

Van Buren County, Michigan

Serves ~1,796 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 MI8052400.

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 · 10 victims, 9 offenders
Victim sex
Female5 (50%)
Male5 (50%)
Victim race
White7 (70%)
Black or African American2 (20%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (10%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument3 (33%)
Personal Weapons2 (22%)
Other2 (22%)
Handgun1 (11%)
Firearm1 (11%)
Incident location
Residence/Home7 (70%)
Service/Gas Station1 (10%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1 (10%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1 (10%)
Victim–offender relationship
Otherwise Known5 (50%)
Relationship Unknown3 (30%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1 (10%)
Friend1 (10%)
Co-occurring offenses
Kidnapping/Abduction1 (50%)
Criminal Sexual Contact1 (50%)

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
4
Part-time sworn
4
Full-time civilian
0
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
4
Population served
1,796
Operating budget
$225,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
200760$318,540

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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