Public comments requested on the proposed reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved BJS data collection: 2022 Police Public Contact Survey (PPCS)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through February 7, 2022, on the proposed reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired: 2022 Police Public Contact Survey (PPCS). Your comments on BJS?s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the?Federal Register, should address points such as?

• whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
• the accuracy of the agency?s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of data, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
• whether and how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
• the burden of the data collection on respondents, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.
  
  

The PPCS provides detailed information on the characteristics of persons who had some type of contact with police during the past year, including those who contacted the police to report a crime or other event, or were pulled over in a traffic stop. The PPCS interviews a nationally representative sample of residents age 16 or older as a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The survey provides information with which to examine citizens' perceptions of police behavior and response during these encounters.

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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. Doris J. James is the acting director.

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