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Industries / Justice, Public Order & Safety Activities

Courts

Police Protection

Legal Counsel and Prosecution

Correctional Institutions

Parole Offices and Probation Offices

Fire Protection

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

Courts

Description: This industry comprises civilian courts of law (except Indian tribal and Alaska Native courts). Included in this industry are civilian courts, courts of law, and sheriffs' offices conducting court functions only.

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Police Protection

Description: This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in criminal and civil law enforcement, police, traffic safety, and other activities related to the enforcement of the law and preservation of order. Combined police and fire departments are included in this industry.

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Legal Counsel and Prosecution

Description: This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in providing legal counsel or prosecution services for the government.

Examples: Public prosecutors' offices, Public defenders' offices, District attorneys' offices, Attorney generals' offices

Correctional Institutions

Description: This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in managing and operating correctional institutions. The facility is generally designed for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of adult and/or juvenile offenders sentenced by a court.

Examples: Prisons, public administration, Penitentiaries, public administration, Jails, public administration, Detention centers, public administration, Correctional institutions, public administration

Parole Offices and Probation Offices

Description: This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in judicially administering probation offices, parole offices and boards, and pardon boards.

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Fire Protection

Description: This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in fire fighting and other related fire protection activities. Government establishments providing combined fire protection and ambulance or rescue services are classified in this industry.

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Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

Description: This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in public order and safety (except courts, police protection, legal counsel and prosecution, correctional institutions, parole offices, probation offices, pardon boards, and fire protection). These establishments include the general administration of public order and safety programs. Government establishments responsible for the collection of statistics on public safety are included in this industry.

Examples: Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government, Emergency planning and management offices, government, Disaster preparedness and management offices, government, Consumer product safety commissions, public administration

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