CJ-38 2022 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

Attachment 1: 2022 CSLLEA draft questionnaire

Form CJ-38 OMB No. xxxx-xxxx: Approval Expires xx/xx/xxxx

2022 CENSUS OF

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

Acting as collection agent: RTI International

Please use this form to provide information on behalf of the following agency:

[XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]

If the agency name printed above is incorrect, please call us at 1-800-845-7883.

Submit this form using one of the following four methods:

• Online: https://bjslecs.org/CSLLEA2022

Agency ID:

Password:

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Fax: 1-866-354-4989 (toll-free)

• Mail: Use the enclosed postage-paid envelope

Important:

If any of the following conditions applied to your agency as of June 30, 2022, you do not need to complete the entire questionnaire. Mark [X] the appropriate box below and return the survey using the return instructions in the box above.

• Agency no longer in existence

Enter date agency ceased operations:

Month Day Year

• Agency contracted or outsourced all law enforcement services to the following agency

Enter the name of the agency providing contractual services:

• Agency employed only part-time officers and the total combined hours worked for these officers averaged less than 35 hours per week

• All the officers in the agency were unpaid volunteers

• All the officers in the agency were paid via fee-for-service and not salary

• Agency was private (i.e., not operated with funds from a state, local, special district, or tribal government)

• Agency was operated by the Federal government

Indicate who completed this form:

Name:

Last Name First Name MI

Title:

Phone:

Area Code Number Extension

Fax:

Area Code Number

E-mail:

Agency

Website:

NCIC-ORI:

9-digit

• Please retain a copy of your completed survey. Questionnaires completed online can be printed for your records.

• If you have any questions, call RTI toll-free at 1-800-845-7883, or send an e-mail to [email protected]. When corresponding about this survey, please refer to the Agency ID number above.

• If you have any general comments or suggestions for improving the survey, please contact Elizabeth Davis of the Bureau of Justice Statistics by phone at 1-202-305-2667 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Burden Statement

Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 32 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate, or any other aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20531. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (34 USC 10132), authorizes this information collection. Although this survey is voluntary, we urgently need your cooperation to make the results comprehensive, accurate, and timely. We greatly appreciate your assistance.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please do not leave any items blank.

• If the answer to a question is “none” or “zero,” write “0” in the space provided.

• Use an X when marking an answer in a box.

VERIFY AGENCY HEAD CONTACT INFORMATION

Agency Head Name: <<AgencyHeadName>>

Agency Head Title: <<AgencyHeadTitle>>

Agency Address: <<Address1>>

<<Address2>>

<<City>>, <<State>> <<Zip>>

The contact information at right is
on file for the head of this agency:

Is this information correct?

Yes
No Provide correct information

New Agency Head Information
Name
Title
Address

SURVEY QUESTIONS

1. Who operates this agency? Mark [X] only one.

• County or parish government

• Regional government

• 

  Go to SURVEY INSTRUCTION Box on the next page.

  Municipal (city, town or township) government

• Tribal government

• School district (K-12)

• 2-year college

• 4-year college or university

  

• 

  Go to Question 2 on the next page.

  
  

  State government

• 

  Go to Question 2 on the next page.

  
  

  Special district or authority (Specify):

2. A multi-agency system is a formal organizational structure where a parent or primary agency oversees subordinate law enforcement agencies or components. In a multi-agency system, sub-agencies or sub-components typically address a specific jurisdiction or special law enforcement function. For example, a state-level Department of Public Safety may oversee multiple sub-agencies or sub-components such as narcotics enforcement, state bureau of investigation, intelligence, etc.

NOT included are contractual law enforcement arrangements voluntarily agreed to by individual agencies and not required by state or local law.

Is your agency part of a multi-agency system?

Yes Go to Question 2a
No Go to SURVEY INSTRUCTION BOX

2a. Is your agency the parent or primary agency of the system?

	Yes Please provide the name(s) of the sub-agencies or sub-components within the system that your agency oversees:
	No Please provide the name of the parent or primary agency that oversees your sub-agency or sub-component:

SURVEY INSTRUCTION BOX

For the rest of this survey, report for only the agency to which this survey request is addressed.

• If your agency oversees sub-agencies or sub-components, those sub-agencies or sub-components should complete their own survey.

• If your agency is a sub-agency or sub-component of a larger agency, please respond only for your sub-agency or sub-component.

For campus law enforcement agencies only, report for all campuses served by the agency to which this survey request is addressed.

3. Enter your agency’s total operating budget for the fiscal or calendar year that included June 30, 2022 and your agency’s total operating budget for the PREVIOUS fiscal or calendar year that included June 30, 2021. If not available, provide an estimate and mark [X] the estimate checkbox. Include jails administered by your agency. Exclude building construction costs and major equipment purchases

$

2022 : If estimate, check here:

$

2021 If estimate, check here:

3. During 2022, did your agency perform any of these functions on a regular basis or have primary responsibility for performing when needed? Mark [X] Yes or No for each function.

A. Patrol and response functions	Yes	No
Arrest of criminal suspects
Dispatching of calls for service
First response to criminal incidents
Responding to citizen-initiated requests for service
Routine patrol services
Special events/crowd control
B. Criminal investigation for:	Yes	No
Arson
Cybercrime
Homicide
C. Traffic and vehicle-related functions	Yes	No
Accident investigation
Commercial vehicle enforcement
Traffic law enforcement
D. Detention-related functions	Yes	No
Booking and release of inmates
Detainee or inmate transport
Operating a temporary holding cell (not for overnight detention)
Operating an overnight lockup or temporary holding facility separate from a jail
Operating 1 or more jails
E. Court-related functions	Yes	No
Apprehension of fugitives
Enforcing child support orders
Enforcing protection orders
Executing arrest warrants
Providing court security
Serving eviction notices
Serving process (i.e., legal notification)
F. Forensic services	Yes		No
Digital evidence examination
Firearms examinations (other than NIBIN)
F. Forensic services (continued)	Yes		No
Footwear or tire tread examination
Forensic crime scene investigation
Latent fingerprint examination
Operating a forensic crime lab
G. Special public safety functions	Yes		No
Animal control
Emergency management
Emergency medical services
Fire services
Responding to mental health calls
School crossing services
H. Task force participation for:	Yes		No
Anti-terrorism
Auto theft
Drug trafficking
DUI
Gangs
Human trafficking
Opioid abuse
Other (Specify):
Specialized functions	Yes		No
Bomb/explosives disposal
Canine/K-9
Crime analysis
Firearm background checks
Operating a basic training academy
Providing direct victim assistance or programs
Providing law enforcement services to or on tribal lands
School Resource Officers (SROs)
Search and rescue
Tactical operations (SWAT)
Underwater recovery
Other (Specify):

3. Enter the number of full-time and part-time paid agency employees for the pay period that included June 30, 2022. Count employees who were regularly scheduled to work less than 35 hours per week as part-time. If none, enter 0.

   	Full-Time	Part-Time
   Sworn officers with general arrest powers
   Officers with limited or no arrest powers (e.g., jail or court officers in some agencies)
   Non-sworn/civilian personnel
   Total employees (Sum of rows a-c)

4. Enter the number of full-time personnel by sex for the pay period that included June 30, 2022. Each total should match the number reported in the same colored cell in Question 4. If none, enter 0.

	Male	Female	Total
Sworn officers with general arrest powers
Officers with limited or no arrest powers (e.g., jail or court officers in some agencies)
Non-sworn/civilian personnel

7. Enter the number of full-time sworn officers by race and Hispanic origin for the pay period that included June 30, 2022. The total reported in 7i should match the number reported in the same colored cell in Questions 5 and 6. If none, enter 0.

	Number
White, non-Hispanic
Black or African American, non-Hispanic
Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
Asian, non-Hispanic
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
Two or more races
Not known
Total full-time sworn officers (Sum of rows a-h)

7. Enter the number of full-time and part-time paid agency employees primarily assigned to work in any public K-12 school for the last pay period of the 2021-2022 school year. Count employees who were regularly scheduled to work less than 35 hours per week as part-time. If none, enter 0.

	Full-Time	Part-Time
Sworn officers with general arrest powers
Non-sworn/civilian personnel
Total employees (Sum of rows a-b)

Thank You!

Thank you for participating in this survey. Please retain a copy for your records. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact the CSLLEA team at 1-800-845-7883 or [email protected].

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