Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; National Use-of-Force Data Collection, 19534-19535 [2025-08059]

Agencies

• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19534-19535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08059]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1110-0071]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; 
National Use-of-Force Data Collection

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 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 April 4, 2025, allowing a 60-day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
June 9, 2025.

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: Linda Shriver, 
Acting Unit Chief, Crime and Law Enforcement Statistics Unit, FBI, CJIS 
Division, Module D-2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West 
Virginia 26306, telephone: 304-625-4830, email: [email protected].

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 OMB 
Control Number [1110-0071]. 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.
    Abstract: The FBI has a long-standing tradition of collecting data 
and providing statistics concerning Law Enforcement Officers Killed and 
Assaulted (LEOKA) and justifiable homicides. To provide a better 
understanding of the incidents of use of force by law enforcement, the 
FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program developed a data collection 
for law enforcement agencies to provide information on incidents where 
the use of force by a law enforcement officer led to the death or 
serious bodily injury of a person, as well as when a law enforcement 
officer discharged a firearm at or in the direction of a person. When a 
use of force incident occurs, federal, state, county, local, tribal, 
and territorial law enforcement agencies provide information to the 
data collection on characteristics of the incident, the victim(s) on 
which force was used by law enforcement, and the officers who applied 
force in the incident. Agencies positively affirm, monthly, whether 
their agency did or did not have a use of force incident that resulted 
in a fatality, a serious bodily injury to a person, or a firearm 
discharge at or in the direction of a person. When no use of force 
incident occurs in a month, agencies submit a zero report. Enrollment 
information from agencies and state points of contact is collected when 
the agency or contact initiates participation in the data collection. 
Enrollment information is updated no less than annually to assist with 
managing the data. The data collection defines a law enforcement 
officer using the current LEOKA definition: ``All local, county, state, 
and federal law enforcement officers (such as municipal, county police 
officers, constables, state police, highway patrol, sheriffs, their 
deputies, federal law enforcement officers, marshals, special agents, 
etc.) who are sworn by their respective government authorities to 
uphold the law and to safeguard the rights, lives, and property of 
American citizens. They must have full arrest powers and be members of 
a public governmental law enforcement agency, paid from government 
funds set aside specifically for payment to sworn police law 
enforcement organized for the purposes of keeping order and for 
preventing and detecting crimes, and apprehending those responsible.'' 
The definition of ``serious bodily injury'' is based, in part, on Title 
18, United States Code, Section 2246 (4), to mean ``bodily injury that 
involves a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, protracted and 
obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function 
of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.'' These actions include 
the use of a firearm, an electronic control weapon (e.g., taser), an 
explosive device, pepper or oleoresin capsicum spray or other chemical 
agent, a baton, an impact projectile, a blunt instrument, hands-fists-
feet, or canine.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a previously 
approved collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: National Use-of-Force Data 
Collection.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department of Justice sponsoring the

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collection: There is no agency form number. The applicable component 
within DOJ is the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond: State, 
local and tribal governments.
    5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: A total of 12,861 
agencies are enrolled in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection as 
possible respondents. The FBI estimates it will receive 94,340 
incidents reports per year.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 38 minutes.
    8. Frequency: Variable, as deemed necessary by respondents.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 59,749 hours (94,340 
incident reports x 38 minutes per report/60 = 59,749).
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0. Incident reports 
are submitted to the FBI through an online system maintained by the 
FBI.
    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: May 5, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-08059 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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