[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36575-36576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14841]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB No. 1121-0240]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Survey of 
General Purpose Law Enforcement Agencies, 2012.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, will be 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. The proposed information collection is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. The proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
Volume 77, Number 72, page 22347, on April 13, 2012, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comment until July 19, 2012. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-7285.
    Written comments and suggestions from the pubic 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 function of the agency, 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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
--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

    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: General purpose law 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 survey builds upon the previous eight waves of 
the BJS-sponsored surveys in the Law Enforcement Management and 
Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Program. 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. With the revision to the SGPLEA, BJS 
will produce law enforcement statistics that 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 supplemental 
components of the 2012 SGPLEA will collect information on the following 
categories:

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 pilot 
testing with a draft of the 2012 SGPLEA instrument, 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 3,200 respondents will complete the SGPLEA 
survey form with an average burden per respondent of 3 hours.
    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.

     Dated:June 13, 2012.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012-14841 Filed 6-18-12; 8:45 am]
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