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US Police Department Comparison Panel

Comparable budgets, staffing, crime and clearance measures for 15 agencies, including pension accounting and crime-reporting changes.

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15 agencies, 225 agency-years. CSV, column dictionary, licensing terms, SHA-256 manifest.
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  • agency_budget_notes.csv0.1 MB
  • agency_reporting_basis.csv2 KB
  • denominators.csv1 KB
  • lasd_budget_units.csv1 KB
  • police_agency_year.csv32 KB
  • police_panel.csv7 KB

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The first rows of agency_budget_notes.csv

slugfiscal_yearadopted_total_budget_usdpension_inside_linehealth_fringe_inside_linebudget_verdict
lapd2025-261986961261nonoconfirmed
nypdFiscal Year 20266276535865nopartialconfirmed
chicagoFY20262109811600nopartialconfirmed
houstonFY20261169769376yespartialconfirmed
phoenix2025-261027527789yesyesconfirmed

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