The Bureau of Justice Statistics (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Data Analysis Tools) has the legal tool you've been waiting for - The Arrest Data Analysis Tool. This cite allows you, by choosing “Agency-Level Counts” to see the specific number of arrests made by each law enforcement agency in your jurisdiction, further itemized by year, type of crime, age bracket of the person arrested, gender, and race. Potentially this is useful in determining Police Misconduct, Inappropriate Arrests and Misuse of Police Resources.
In the Tampa Bay Area including Clearwater and St. Petersburg the statistics show law enforcement is blindly and foolishly focused on arresting nonviolent crimes, including drug crimes, white collar crimes and fraud, rather than attempting to protect citizens from violent acts and immediate harm.
Here is the Methods Guide: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Data Analysis Tools
Here is the User's Guide: http://www.bjs.gov/arrests/resources/documents/adat_user_guide.pdf
This is useful information as long as the numbers given by each law enforcement agency are based on undiluted facts.
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