[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54666-54667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17238]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; 2023 Law Enforcement Administrative and Management 
Statistics (LEMAS) Supplement Survey--Post-Academy Training and Officer 
Wellness (PATOW)

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, 
Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 was 
previously published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2023, allowing 
a 60-day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
September 11, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have 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: Sean E. 
Goodison (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-307-0765), 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 
20531.

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 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/or
--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.

    Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the information collection. 
This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Justice, information 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: 2023 Law Enforcement 
Administrative and Management Statistics (LEMAS) supplement survey--
Post-Academy Training and Officer Wellness (PATOW).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No agency form number 
at this time. The applicable component within the Department of Justice 
is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Office of Justice 
Programs.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: State, local and tribal 
governments (Respondents will be general purpose state, county, and 
local law enforcement agencies (LEAs), including local and county 
police departments, sheriff's offices, and primary state law 
enforcement agencies. BJS plans to publish this information in reports 
and reference it when responding to queries from the U.S. Congress, 
Executive Office of the President, the U.S. Supreme Court, state 
officials, international organizations, researchers, students, the 
media, and others interested in criminal justice statistics.)

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    Abstract: The LEMAS core survey, conducted every 3 to 4 years since 
1987, is based on a nationally representative sample of approximately 
3,500 general-purpose LEAs and provides national estimates of law 
enforcement salaries, expenditures, operations, equipment, information 
systems and policies and procedures. In addition to these regular 
surveys, BJS also fields LEMAS supplement surveys to capture detailed 
information on specific topics pertaining to specific issues in law 
enforcement. BJS implemented this model of regular LEMAS core surveys 
and thematic supplement surveys following recommendations from the 
National Research Council. The first LEMAS supplement survey was 
fielded in 2017 (OMB Control Number 1121-0354, expired 2/28/2019), with 
a focus on body-worn camera use among law enforcement agencies.
    The 2023 LEMAS supplement focuses on two topics, post-academy law 
enforcement training and officer wellness programs associated with 
agency responses to suicide. Post-academy training is defined as law 
enforcement training provided to full-time sworn personnel with general 
arrest powers at any point in their law enforcement career following 
any recruit or field training. Applicable topics include the number and 
types of training instructors used; training budgets; the resources 
that are accessible to officers through the agency's training program; 
the number of instruction hours provided for each training topic; and 
the types of special training programs offered to active full-time 
sworn personnel. The 2023 LEMAS supplement will also address law 
enforcement agency wellness programs associated with responses to 
suicide. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched the Law 
Enforcement Suicide Data Collection (LESDC) in January 2022 (OMB 
Control Number 1110-0082). The 2023 LEMAS supplement survey is intended 
to be a supporting effort to LESDC by collecting agency-level 
information on formal wellness programs currently available to full-
time sworn personnel and related policies and training.
    5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,500.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 1.75 hours.
    8. Frequency: Annually.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 6,125 hours.
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $210,210.
    If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: August 8, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-17238 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
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