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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 
Bolivia202236,999 
Brazil2022511,975 
Canada202270,581 
Chile201912,814 
Colombia2021170,744 
Costa Rica201513,455 
Dominica2021508 
Dominican Republic201938,610 
Ecuador202252,046 
El Salvador202127,460 
Grenada2022998 
Guatemala201941,108 
Guyana20225,040 
Haiti------ 
Honduras202218,047 
Jamaica202114,039 
Mexico2022407,699 
Nicaragua20109,752 
Panama202128,335 
Paraguay202228,969 
Peru2022132,275 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2021431 
Saint Lucia20221,211 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20191,016 
Suriname20222,469 
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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