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MARCH 25, 2020

Dataset now available: Census of Federal Law Enforcement Officers (CFLEO), Fiscal Year 2016

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a dataset on federal law enforcement personnel through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). The Census of Federal Law Enforcement Officers includes agencies that employed full-time officers with federal arrest authority who were authorized to carry firearms while on duty. Its data include—

  • the number of officers, by primary job function
  • demographic characteristics of officers, by agency.


Access the dataset→



The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Jeffrey H. Anderson is the director.

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