2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS)
Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
10/02/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
2,835
0
5,907
0
0
0
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) requests clearance to conduct the core 2020 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey. In each iteration of LEMAS, BJS draws a nationally-representative sample of state and local law enforcement agencies from its census of state and local law enforcement agencies, administers the LEMAS instrument, and produces national-level estimates about the organization and characteristics of law enforcement agencies. The proposed survey seeks to better meet the needs of the law enforcement community, while maintaining the ability to trend over time with the previous LEMAS waves. The 2020 LEMAS sample will consist of about 3,500 state, county and local general purpose law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in the United States, will be nationally-representative, and will preserve continuity between previous LEMAS waves on critical data elements about LEAs nationwide. A revision to the approved package is being submitted to add questions to the survey instruments to examine the COVID-19 impact on staffing, budgeting and agency policies.
US Code:
34 USC 10132
Name of Law: The Justice Systems Improvement Act
The 2024 LEMAS instruments are almost identical in content as the 2020 LEMAS instruments. Six items will be dropped to reduce burden: two questions related to agency changes in policies and practices in response to COVID-19 which were highly relevant for 2020 but less so for 2024; three questions about immigration, as the data quality for these questions were poor and unreliable for publishing; and one question on civilian complaints and use of force which has historically had poor data quality (see Hickman and Poore, 2016) and have not been published previously. These changes will result in less burden to responding agencies.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form CJ-44LP 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics Survey
2024 LEMAS Attachments.pdf
2024 LEMAS Part B 9 23 24.docx
2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics Survey