Police Discretion with Young Offenders

Description of Figure IV.3 Proportion of decentralized police agencies, by size of police services

Figure IV.3 shows the proportion of police services which are decentralized, by the size (i.e., number of sworn officers) of the police service.

• 1–24 71%
• 25–49 58%
• 50–99 25%
• 100–499 24%
• 500+ 67%