[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27475-27476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10763]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; New Collection: Survey of State Criminal
Investigative Agencies on Law Enforcement Use of Force
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
July 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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
Shelley Hyland, Statistician, Law Enforcement Statistics, Bureau of
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531
(email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-616-1706).
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 Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the
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information to be collected can be enhanced; 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 Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Survey of State Criminal
Investigative Agencies on Law Enforcement Use of Force.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: No agency form number at this
time. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Respondents will be state criminal
investigative agencies (SCIAs). Abstract: The President's Task Force on
21st Century Policing called for law enforcement agencies to use
external and independent criminal investigation of use of force
incidents. In some states, the criminal investigative agency serves as
the primary body that local and county law enforcement agencies use as
the independent investigator. However, it is currently unknown how
common this is nationwide. This survey will be administered to all
state criminal investigative agencies (SCIAs) in order to determine the
extent to which SCIAs are investigating use of force cases for other
law enforcement agencies. SCIAs will be asked about the types of use of
force incidents investigated and the jurisdictions covered within the
state. The survey will also assess how SCIAs become involved in these
investigations, how cases are closed, the data systems that SCIAs use
to record and report on use of force investigations, and the total
number of law enforcement use of force cases investigated in a three
year period.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An agency-level
survey will be sent to a representative at all 49 SCIAs. The expected
burden placed on these respondents is about 52.5 minutes per
respondent.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total respondent burden is approximately 42.9
burden 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., 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: May 3, 2016.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2016-10763 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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