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6. Criminal Justice System Personnel & Capacity
6.1.1 Police Personnel (Males and Females)
"Police Personnel" means personnel in public agencies as at December 31 whose principal functions are prevention, detection and investigation of crime and apprehension of alleged offenders.

[Source: United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS), Section on Definitions.]


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Antigua and Barbuda2009632 
Argentina2015348,766 
Bahamas20212,668 
Barbados20211,234 
Belize20192,409 
Bolivia201135,908 
Brazil2013536,018 
Canada202170,114 
Chile201912,814 
Colombia2021170,744 
Costa Rica201513,455 
Dominica2021508 
Dominican Republic201938,610 
Ecuador202151,465 
El Salvador202127,460 
Grenada2019974 
Guatemala201941,108 
Guyana20214,860 
Haiti------ 
Honduras202117,812 
Jamaica202114,039 
Mexico2021410,779 
Nicaragua20109,752 
Panama202128,335 
Paraguay202125,497 
Peru2021134,748 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2021431 
Saint Lucia20211,218 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20191,016 
Suriname20192,120 
Trinidad and Tobago20156,605 
United States2021688,138 
Uruguay202130,382 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean201912,189 
03. Central America2019140,879 
04. North America20211,169,031 
05. South America2019204,849 
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