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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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2 results foundAuthor: Noh, Eun Young Title: Characteristics of Law Enforcement Officers' Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Summary: The Law Enforcement Officers Killed & Assaulted (LEOKA) data is collected and published annually by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on the law enforcement officers who were killed feloniously or accidentally as well as of those who were assaulted while performing their duties. The LEOKA data shows that the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty by violent means dominated those who were killed in motor vehicle crashes until the middle of the 1990s. However, the recent trend shows that motor vehicle crashes have become the major cause of fatalities of law enforcement officers. These observations suggested an in-depth analysis of the data. The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) is maintained by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The FARS is currently the only database that contains detailed information on the fatal crashes involving law enforcement officers. The characteristics of law enforcement officers’ fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes were investigated using the FARS data from 1980 to 2008. The characteristics were analyzed at the crash level for 772 crashes that involved at least one law enforcement officer’s fatality, at the vehicle level for 776 police vehicles with law enforcement officers’ fatalities, and at the person level for 823 law enforcement officers killed in motor vehicle crashes. The characteristics of fatalities in passenger vehicle crashes were compared between the law enforcement officer (LEO) and non-LEO groups using the FARS data from 2000 to 2008. The LEO and non-LEO groups show substantially different characteristics at crash time, first harmful event, roadway function class (rural/urban), emergency use, fire occurrence, rollover, most harmful event, impact point, vehicle maneuver, crash avoidance maneuver, age, sex, person type, seating position, restraint use, and air bag availability and deployment. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2011. 42p. Source: Internet Resource: DOT HS 811 411: Accessed April 14, 2011 at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811411.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811411.pdf Shelf Number: 121346 Keywords: Law Enforcement OfficersMotor Vehicle CrashesPolice FatalitiesPolice Vehicles |
Author: Arnold, John Thomas Title: Characteristics of Wildlife Law Violators in Mississippi and Their Attitudes Toward Conservation Officers Summary: With little research available addressing violator attitudes, two important research questions arise. First, does the type of violation (i.e., no hunter orange, trespassing, baiting, and hunting from a public road) committed affect violator attitudes? Second, does motivation for committing the violation influence violator attitudes? This study examined these questions by investigating violator attitudes toward Conservation Officers. I collected information from a sample of licensed violators in 2002 and 2003 using self-administered mail questionnaires. Most (90%) of the violators studied had been cited while hunting white-tailed deer. I did not detect any differences in attitudes toward Conservation Officers among the four violation types investigated. Reasons for violating also did not influence attitudes toward Conservation Officers. Thus, I conclude that Mississippi wildlife law violators can be treated as a homogenous group when looking at attitudes toward Conservation Officers. Details: Mississippi State, MS: Mississippi State University, 2005. 68p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed on January 23, 2012 at http://hdclel.org/PDFs/thesis/ArnoldThesis.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United States URL: http://hdclel.org/PDFs/thesis/ArnoldThesis.pdf Shelf Number: 123741 Keywords: Environmental CrimeLaw Enforcement OfficersOffendersWildlife ConservationWildlife Crimes (Mississippi) |