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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110–0071]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Request; National Use-ofForce Data Collection: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s)
Criminal Justice Information Services
(CJIS) Division is submitting the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 30 days until
January 26, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Please note: The most
current renewal documentation for the
National Use-of-Force Data Collection
has been updated and is available for
review on reginfo.gov under OMB No.
1110–0071.
Written comments and suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice, especially the estimated burden
and associated response time, may be
sent for consideration in a number of
ways. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address one or more
of the following four points:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FBI, including whether
the information will have practical
utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Evaluate whether, and if so, how
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced.
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• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of this information
collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection:
National Use-of-Force Data Collection.
(3) The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
The form number is 1110–0071.
Sponsor: CJIS Division, FBI, Department
of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Federal, state, local, and tribal
law enforcement agencies.
Abstract: The FBI has a long-standing
tradition of collecting data and
providing statistics concerning Law
Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted (LEOKA) and justifiable
homicides. To provide a better
understanding of the incidents of use of
force by law enforcement, the Uniform
Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
developed a new data collection for law
enforcement agencies to provide
information on incidents where use of
force by a law enforcement officer has
led to the death or serious bodily injury
of a person, as well as when a law
enforcement officer discharges a firearm
at or in the direction of a person.
When a use-of-force incident occurs,
federal, state, local, and tribal law
enforcement agencies provide
information to the data collection on
characteristics of the incident, subjects
of the use of force, and the officers who
applied force in the incident. Agencies
positively affirm, on a monthly basis,
whether their agency did or did not
have a use-of-force incident that
resulted in a fatality, a serious bodily
injury to a person, or a firearm discharge
at or in the direction of a person. When
no use-of-force incident occurs in a
month, agencies submit a zero report.
Enrollment information from agencies
and state points of contact is collected
when the agency or contact initiates
participation in the data collection.
Enrollment information is updated no
less than annually to assist with
managing this data.
The new data collection defines a law
enforcement officer using the current
LEOKA definition: ‘‘All federal, state,
county, and local law enforcement
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officers (such as municipal, county
police officers, constables, state police,
highway patrol, sheriffs, their deputies,
federal law enforcement officers,
marshals, special agents, etc.) who are
sworn by their respective government
authorities to uphold the law and to
safeguard the rights, lives, and property
of American citizens. They must have
full arrest powers and be members of a
public governmental law enforcement
agency, paid from government funds set
aside specifically for payment to sworn
police law enforcement organized for
the purposes of keeping order and for
preventing and detecting crimes, and
apprehending those responsible.’’
The definition of ‘‘serious bodily
injury’’ is based, in part, on Title 18
United States Code, Section 2246 (4), to
mean ‘‘bodily injury that involves a
substantial risk of death,
unconsciousness, protracted and
obvious disfigurement, or protracted
loss or impairment of the function of a
bodily member, organ, or mental
faculty.’’ These actions include the use
of a firearm; an electronic control
weapon (e.g., Taser); an explosive
device; a pepper or OC (oleoresin
capsicum) spray or other chemical
agent; a baton; an impact projectile; a
blunt instrument; hands-fists-feet; or a
canine.
(5) A total number of respondents and
the amount of time estimated for an
average respondent to respond: As of
June 2020, a total of 6,837 agencies
covering 439,936 law enforcement
officers were enrolled in the National
Use-of-Force Data Collection. The
burden hours per incident are estimated
to be 0.63 of an hour (around 38
minutes) for completion per incident.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: Burden estimates are based
on sources from the FBI’s UCR Program,
the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS),
and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). The BJS recently
estimated that approximately 1,400
fatalities attributed to a law enforcement
use of force occur annually (Planty, et
al., 2015, Arrest-Related Deaths
Program: Data Quality Profile, https://
www.bjs.gov/
index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5260). In
addition, the CDC estimates the
incidences of fatal and nonfatal injury—
including those due to legal
intervention—from emergency
department data. In their study, The real
risks during deadly police shootouts:
Accuracy of the naı¨ve shooter,
Lewinski, et al., (2015) estimate law
enforcement officers miss their target
approximately 50 percent of the time at
the firing range. This information was
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used to develop a simple estimate for
the number of times officers discharge a
firearm at or in the direction of a person
but do not strike the individual. In
addition, the UCR Program collects
counts of the number of sworn and
civilian law enforcement employees in
the nation’s law enforcement agencies.
The following table shows burden
estimates based on previous estimation
criteria and current National Use-ofForce Data Collection enrollment
numbers.
ESTIMATED BURDEN FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ANNUAL COLLECTION
Timeframe
Reporting
group
Collection
(Annual).
All agencies
submitting
data.
Approximate
number of
officers from
participating
agencies
Maximum
per capita
rate of
use-of-force
occurrence
per officer
Minimum
per capita
rate of
use-of-force
occurrence
per officer
Maximum
estimated
number of
incidents
Minimum
estimated
number of
incidents
Estimated
burden hours
per incident
Maximum
estimate
total
number of
burden hours
Minimum
estimate
total
number of
burden hours
488,600
0.122
0.012
59,609
5,863
0.63
37,554
3,694
Based on previous estimation criteria
and enrollment numbers as of October
5, 2021, the FBI is requesting 37,554
burden hours for the annual collection
of this data. This reflects a slight change
from the previously published 60-day
public notice, as participation in the
National Use-of-Force Data Collection is
continuing to increase.
If additional information is required,
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: December 21, 2021.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
February 25, 2022.
DATES:
All
comments, suggestions, or questions
regarding additional information, to
include obtaining a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions, should be
directed to Linda Shriver, Acting Unit
Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Criminal Justice Information Services
Division, Module D–1, 1000 Custer
Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia
26306.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110–0009]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Law
Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted Program, Analysis of
Officers Feloniously Killed and
Assaulted; and Law Enforcement
Officers Killed and Assaulted Program,
Analysis of Officers Accidentally Killed
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Criminal Justice Information Services
Division, will be submitting the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
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Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, including whether the
information will have practical utility
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used
Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced
Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of this information
collection:
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(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection:
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted Program, Analysis of Officers
Feloniously Killed and Assaulted
Program; and Law Enforcement Officers
Killed and Assaulted, Analysis of
Officers Accidentally Killed.
(3) The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
The form number is 1–701 and 1–701a.
The applicable component within the
Department of Justice is the Criminal
Justice Information Services Division, in
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: Federal, state, county, city,
local, and tribal law enforcement
agencies.
Abstract: Under Title 28, U.S. Code,
Section 534, Acquisition, Preservation,
and Exchange of Identification Records;
Appointment of Officials this collection
requests the number of officers killed or
assaulted from law enforcement
agencies in order for the Federal Bureau
of Investigation Uniform Crime
Reporting Program to serve as the
national clearinghouse for the collection
and dissemination of law enforcement
officer death/assault data and to publish
these statistics in Law Enforcement
Officers Killed and Assaulted.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: Uniform Crime Reporting
Participation Burden Estimation: For
2020, there were approximately 189 law
enforcement agency respondents with
an estimated response time of 1 hour
per report.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are approximately 189
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110-0071]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Request; National Use-of-Force Data Collection: Extension of
a Currently Approved Collection
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation's
(FBI's) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division is
submitting the following information collection request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
January 26, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Please note: The most current renewal documentation for the
National Use-of-Force Data Collection has been updated and is available
for review on reginfo.gov under OMB No. 1110-0071.
Written comments and suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice, especially the estimated burden and associated response
time, may be sent for consideration in a number of ways. Written
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following
four points:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the FBI,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
Evaluate whether, and if so, how the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced.
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: National Use-of-Force Data
Collection.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form number is 1110-0071.
Sponsor: CJIS Division, FBI, Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Federal, state, local, and tribal law
enforcement agencies.
Abstract: The FBI has a long-standing tradition of collecting data
and providing statistics concerning Law Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted (LEOKA) and justifiable homicides. To provide a better
understanding of the incidents of use of force by law enforcement, the
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program developed a new data collection
for law enforcement agencies to provide information on incidents where
use of force by a law enforcement officer has led to the death or
serious bodily injury of a person, as well as when a law enforcement
officer discharges a firearm at or in the direction of a person.
When a use-of-force incident occurs, federal, state, local, and
tribal law enforcement agencies provide information to the data
collection on characteristics of the incident, subjects of the use of
force, and the officers who applied force in the incident. Agencies
positively affirm, on a monthly basis, whether their agency did or did
not have a use-of-force incident that resulted in a fatality, a serious
bodily injury to a person, or a firearm discharge at or in the
direction of a person. When no use-of-force incident occurs in a month,
agencies submit a zero report. Enrollment information from agencies and
state points of contact is collected when the agency or contact
initiates participation in the data collection. Enrollment information
is updated no less than annually to assist with managing this data.
The new data collection defines a law enforcement officer using the
current LEOKA definition: ``All federal, state, county, and local law
enforcement officers (such as municipal, county police officers,
constables, state police, highway patrol, sheriffs, their deputies,
federal law enforcement officers, marshals, special agents, etc.) who
are sworn by their respective government authorities to uphold the law
and to safeguard the rights, lives, and property of American citizens.
They must have full arrest powers and be members of a public
governmental law enforcement agency, paid from government funds set
aside specifically for payment to sworn police law enforcement
organized for the purposes of keeping order and for preventing and
detecting crimes, and apprehending those responsible.''
The definition of ``serious bodily injury'' is based, in part, on
Title 18 United States Code, Section 2246 (4), to mean ``bodily injury
that involves a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, protracted
and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the
function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.'' These actions
include the use of a firearm; an electronic control weapon (e.g.,
Taser); an explosive device; a pepper or OC (oleoresin capsicum) spray
or other chemical agent; a baton; an impact projectile; a blunt
instrument; hands-fists-feet; or a canine.
(5) A total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated
for an average respondent to respond: As of June 2020, a total of 6,837
agencies covering 439,936 law enforcement officers were enrolled in the
National Use-of-Force Data Collection. The burden hours per incident
are estimated to be 0.63 of an hour (around 38 minutes) for completion
per incident.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: Burden estimates are based on sources from the
FBI's UCR Program, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The BJS recently
estimated that approximately 1,400 fatalities attributed to a law
enforcement use of force occur annually (Planty, et al., 2015, Arrest-
Related Deaths Program: Data Quality Profile, https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5260). In addition, the CDC estimates the
incidences of fatal and nonfatal injury--including those due to legal
intervention--from emergency department data. In their study, The real
risks during deadly police shootouts: Accuracy of the na[iuml]ve
shooter, Lewinski, et al., (2015) estimate law enforcement officers
miss their target approximately 50 percent of the time at the firing
range. This information was
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used to develop a simple estimate for the number of times officers
discharge a firearm at or in the direction of a person but do not
strike the individual. In addition, the UCR Program collects counts of
the number of sworn and civilian law enforcement employees in the
nation's law enforcement agencies.
The following table shows burden estimates based on previous
estimation criteria and current National Use-of-Force Data Collection
enrollment numbers.
Estimated Burden for All Law Enforcement Agencies in Annual Collection
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Approximate Maximum per Minimum per
number of capita rate of capita rate of Maximum Minimum Estimated Maximum Minimum
Timeframe Reporting group officers from use-of-force use-of-force estimated estimated burden hours estimate total estimate total
participating occurrence per occurrence per number of number of per incident number of number of
agencies officer officer incidents incidents burden hours burden hours
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Collection (Annual)............... All agencies 488,600 0.122 0.012 59,609 5,863 0.63 37,554 3,694
submitting data.
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Based on previous estimation criteria and enrollment numbers as of
October 5, 2021, the FBI is requesting 37,554 burden hours for the
annual collection of this data. This reflects a slight change from the
previously published 60-day public notice, as participation in the
National Use-of-Force Data Collection is continuing to increase.
If additional information is required, contact: Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: December 21, 2021.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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