[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-8935]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0240]


Agency Information Collection Agencies: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved 
Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Survey of General Purpose 
Law Enforcement Agencies, 2012

ACTION: 60-Day notice of information collection under review.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, will be submitting the following information 
collection request for review and approval in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is 
published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. 
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until 
June 12, 2012. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 
1320.10.
    If you have additional comments, especially on the estimated public 
burden or associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
proposed information collection instrument with instructions or 
additional information, please contact: Joel Garner, Statistician, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 
Department of Justice, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 
(phone: 202-307-0765).
    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:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. 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;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of 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

    1. Type of information collection: Re-instatement of previously 
approved data collection, Survey of General Purpose Law Enforcement 
Agencies (SGPLEA), 2012.
    2. The title of the form/collection: Survey of General Purpose Law 
Enforcement Agencies (SGPLEA), 2012.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form labels are SGPLEA, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 
Department of Justice.
    4. Affected Public Who Will be Asked or Required to Respond, as 
well as a Brief Abstract: Respondents will be general purpose state and 
local law enforcement agencies, including police departments, sheriffs, 
and constables at the state, county and municipal level, including 
tribal law enforcement agencies. Abstract: The Bureau of Justice 
Statistics (BJS) proposes to implement a Survey of General Purpose Law 
Enforcement Agencies (SGPLEA). This content of the survey builds upon 
the previous eight waves of the BJS-sponsored surveys in the Law 
Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Program. 
Like LEMAS, the SGPLEA will continue to generate nationally-
representative estimates of the nature of law enforcement agencies and 
personnel by focusing on a smaller set of core issues in contemporary 
policing. However, beginning with SGPLEA, BJS will produce law 
enforcement statistics on a regular two-year cycle. SGPLEA will include 
a consistent set of core items and topical supplements that will vary 
from wave to wave. In addition to core issues concerning the number and 
type of agencies, the nature and diversity of law enforcement 
personnel, employee wages and benefits, agency budgets and 
organizational responses to contemporary law enforcement issues, the 
2012 SGPLEA supplemental components will collect information on the 
following topics:
    a. Recruitment and Retention of Staff;
    b. Community Policing;
    c. Information Systems;
    d. Officer Safety;
    e. Uses of Force.
    5. An Estimate of the Total Number of Respondents and the Amount of 
Time Estimated for an Average Respondent to Respond: Based on the 
testing experience with the 2007 LEMAS survey, the reduction in the 
total number of variables included in SGPLEA form compared to the 2007 
LEMAS forms, and the increased burden on smaller law enforcement 
agencies, BJS estimates that 3,000 respondents will complete the SGPLEA 
survey form with an average burden per respondent of 2.5 hours.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 7,500 total annual burden 
hours associated with this collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E-508, Washington, DC 
20530.

Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012-8935 Filed 4-12-12; 8:45 am]
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