Table 2.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Two Subgroups of Police Officers

Characteristics	Non-CIT Officers (n=109)		CIT Officers (n=68)
	mean	SD	mean	SD
Age, years	38.5	7.1	38.6	9.1
Educational attainment, years	13.7	1.7	14.1	1.7
Years having served as a police officer	12.2	6.8	9.2	6.9
	n	%	n	%
Gender, male	91	84	53	78
Ethnicity, non-Hispanic	106	97	63	96
Race
White/Caucasian	83	76	43	63
Black/African American	20	18	24	35
Other	6	6	1	2
Relationship status
Single and never married	6	6	15	22
Married or living with a partner	78	72	42	62
Separated or divorced	25	23	11	16
Yearly household income
<$40,000	21	19	14	21
$40,000–$60,000	19	17	18	27
>$60,000	69	63	36	53