Youth taken into custody by Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky

Definitions: The number of children taken into LMPD custody.  

Data Source: Louisville Metro Police Department, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Footnotes: The equivalent term for adults is "arrested"; however, that term is not utilized to describe children in this similar situation.  The data reflect an aggregate count over a 3-year time period. The data sample was limited to the ability to geocode select block-level data, therefore incidents without an address, or without an address that could be geocoded were excluded.

Definitions: The number of children taken into LMPD custody.  

Data Source: Louisville Metro Police Department, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Footnotes: The equivalent term for adults is "arrested"; however, that term is not utilized to describe children in this similar situation.  The data reflect an aggregate count over a 3-year time period. The data sample was limited to the ability to geocode select block-level data, therefore incidents without an address, or without an address that could be geocoded were excluded.