Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2016

U.S. Department of Justice Ofﬁce of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics October 2019, NCJ 251922 Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 – Statistical Tables Connor Brooks, BJS Statistician s of the end of fscal-year 2016, federal agencies in the United States and FIGURE 1 Distribution of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by department or branch, 2016 AU.S. territories employed about 132,000 full-time law enforcement ofcers. Federal law enforcement ofcers were defned as any federal ofcers who were authorized to make arrests and carry frearms. About three-quarters of federal law enforcement ofcers (about 100,000) provided police protection as their primary function. Four in fve federal law enforcement ofcers, regardless of their primary function, worked for either the Department of Homeland Security (47% of all ofcers) or the Department of Justice (33%) (fgure 1, table 1). Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Other executivebranch agencies Independent agencies Judicial branch Legislative branch Findings in this report are from the 2016 Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers (CFLEO). Te Bureau of Justice Statistics conducted the census, collecting data on 83 agencies. Of these agencies, 41 were Ofces of Inspectors General, which provide oversight of federal agencies and activities. Te tables in this report provide statistics on the number, functions, and demographics of federal law enforcement ofcers. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0</li><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">20 </li><li style="flex:1">30 </li><li style="flex:1">40 </li><li style="flex:1">50 </li></ul>Percent Note: See table 1 for counts and percentages. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016. Highlights ƒƒIn 2016, there were about 100,000 full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in the United States and U.S. territories who primarily provided police protection, compared to 701,000 full-time sworn ofcers in general-purpose state and local law-enforcement agencies nationwide. ƒƒBetween 2008 and 2016, the Amtrak Police had the largest percentage increase in full-time federal law enforcement ofcers (40%), followed by the National Park Service Rangers (29%) and the Bureau of Indian Afairs (27%). ƒƒThe Bureau of Indian Afairs experienced the highest rate of assaults on ofcers in 2016 (143 assaults per 100 ofcers), which was more than triple the rate in 2008 (38 per 100) and more than 20 times the rate of any other agency. ƒƒAbout two-thirds of all full-time federal law enforcement ofcers worked for either Customs and Border Protection (33%), the Federal Bureau of Prisons (14%), the FBI (10%), or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (9%). List of tables TabLE 1. Distribution of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by department or branch, 2016 TabLE 2. Full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in federal agencies, 2008 and 2016 TabLE 3. Full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in Ofces of Inspectors General, 2008 and 2016 TabLE 4. Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by primary function, 2016 TabLE 5. Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by sex and race or ethnicity, 2008 and 2016 TabLE 6. Sex and race or ethnicity of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in agencies employing 50 or more ofcers, other than Ofces of Inspectors General, 2016 TabLE 7. Sex and race or ethnicity of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in Ofces of Inspectors General employing 50 or more ofcers, 2016 TabLE 8. Assaults on federal law enforcement ofcers, 2008 and 2016 List of fgures FIGURE 1. Distribution of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by department or branch, 2016 FIGURE 2. Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by primary function, 2016 FIGURE 3. Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by sex and race or ethnicity, 2008 and 2016 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 - Statistical Tables | October 2019 </li><li style="flex:1">2</li></ul>TabLE 1 Distribution of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by department or branch, 2016 Department/branch Total Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Other executive branch agencies Independent agencies Judicial branch Number 132,110 62,125 43,666 15,414 4,943 Percent 100% 47.0 33.1 11.7 3.7 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4,141 </li><li style="flex:1">3.1 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1.4 </li><li style="flex:1">Legislative branch </li><li style="flex:1">1,821 </li></ul>Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016. TabLE 2 Full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in federal agencies, 2008 and 2016 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Number of full-time </li><li style="flex:1">Number of full-time </li><li style="flex:1">Percent change, </li><li style="flex:1">Percent of all federal </li></ul>abDepartment/agency Total Ofces of Inspectors General Total executive/judicial/legislative/independent federal law enforcement agencies, other than Ofces of Inspectors General <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ofcers, 2008 </li><li style="flex:1">ofcers, 2016 </li></ul>2008-2016 ofcers, 2016 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">121,909 </li><li style="flex:1">132,110 </li></ul>3,869 8.4% 10.1% 100% 2.9% 3,514 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">118,395 </li><li style="flex:1">128,241 </li><li style="flex:1">8.3% </li><li style="flex:1">97.1% </li></ul>Executive departments: Department of Agriculture Forest Service Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security 648 103 514 108 -20.7% 4.9% 0.4% 0.1% National Oceanic and Atmospheric <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Administration, Ofce of Law Enforcement </li><li style="flex:1">154 </li></ul>~~ 126 38 11 -18.2 ~ 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 Ofce of Security Secretary’s Protective Detail Department of Defense ~ Pentagon Force Protection Agency Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Department of Health and Human Services 725 363 777 302 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">7.2% </li><li style="flex:1">0.6% </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0.2% </li><li style="flex:1">-16.8% </li></ul>Food and Drug Administration, Ofce of <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Criminal Investigation </li><li style="flex:1">187 </li></ul>94 231 77 23.5% -18.1 0.2% <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0.1 </li><li style="flex:1">National Institutes of Health, Division of Police </li></ul>Department of Homeland Security <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Customs and Border Protection </li><li style="flex:1">37,482 </li></ul>11,779 43,724 12,400 16.7% 5.3 33.1% 9.4 cImmigration and Customs Enforcement Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mount Weather Police Federal Protective Service 84 900 ~ 78 1,007 26 -7.1 11.9 ~ 0.1 0.8 <0.1 3.6 cOfce of the Chief Security Ofcer Secret Service Department of the Interior <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">5,226 </li><li style="flex:1">4,697 </li></ul>-10.1 Bureau of Indian Afairs, Ofce of Justice <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Services </li><li style="flex:1">277 </li></ul>255 21 603 1,416 547 352 253 24 619 1,822 560 27.1% -0.8 14.3 2.7 28.7 2.4 0.3% 0.2 <0.1 0.5 1.4 0.4 Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Reclamation Fish and Wildlife Service National Park Service Rangers Park Police Continued on next page <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 - Statistical Tables | October 2019 </li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul>TabLE 2 (continued) Full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in federal agencies, 2008 and 2016 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Number of full-time </li><li style="flex:1">Number of full-time </li><li style="flex:1">Percent change, </li><li style="flex:1">Percent of all federal </li></ul>Department/agency Department of Justice <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ofcers, 2008 </li><li style="flex:1">ofcers, 2016 </li></ul>2008-2016 ofcers, 2016 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Explosives </li><li style="flex:1">2,562 </li></ul>4,388 12,925 16,993 3,359 2,675 4,181 13,799 19,093 3,788 4.4% -4.7 6.8 12.4 12.8 2.0% 3.2 10.4 14.5 2.9 Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Prisons U.S. Marshals Service Department of Labor Division of Protective Operations Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security Department of the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police ~ 1,049 207 15 1,215 182 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">~</li><li style="flex:1"><0.1% </li></ul>0.9% 0.1% 15.8% -12.1% Internal Revenue Service, Criminal <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Investigation Division </li><li style="flex:1">2,655 </li></ul>316 2,198 292 -17.2 -7.6 1.7 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0.2 </li><li style="flex:1">U.S. Mint Police </li></ul>Department of Veterans Afairs Police Department <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">3,175 </li><li style="flex:1">3,839 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">20.9% </li><li style="flex:1">2.9% </li></ul>Other federal law enforcement agencies: Administrative Ofce of the U.S. Courts U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Amtrak 4,767 305 202 41 3,985 427 214 48 -16.4% 40.0% 5.9% 3.0% <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0.3% </li><li style="flex:1">Amtrak Police Department </li></ul>Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division Government Publishing Ofce Uniform Police Branch National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ofce of Protective Services Smithsonian Institution Ofce of Protective Services Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court of the United States Police Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Police U.S. Capitol Police 0.2% 17.1% -17.7% ~ <0.1% <0.1% 0.5% <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">62 </li><li style="flex:1">51 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">~</li><li style="flex:1">620 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">156 </li><li style="flex:1">139 </li><li style="flex:1">12.2% </li><li style="flex:1">0.1% </li></ul>145 1,637 53 1,773 -63.4% 8.3% <0.1% 1.3% U.S. Postal Service U.S. Postal Inspection Service <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2,324 </li><li style="flex:1">1,891 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">-18.6% </li><li style="flex:1">1.4% </li></ul>Note: Data for the Bureau of Industry and Security; the Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division; the Fish and Wildlife Service; and the Internal Revenue Service were obtained from <a href="/goto?url=https://fedscope.opm.gov" target="_blank">fedscope.opm.gov</a>. Data for the Federal Protective Service came from the Department of Homeland Security website. ~Not applicable. Agency was not in the 2008 Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers (CFLEO). aIn 2008, agencies reported 1,561 full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in U.S. Territories and Commonwealths. Those ofcers are included in these numbers. The total for 2008 includes 141 ofcers from agencies that did not respond to the 2016 CFLEO. bIn 2016, agencies reported 1,871 full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in U.S. Territories and Commonwealths. Those ofcers are included in these numbers. cThe Federal Protective Service was included in the ofcer count for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the 2008 report. ICE reported having about 900 ofcers in the Federal Protective Service at that time, and they are listed separately in this report for both 2008 and 2016. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2008 and 2016. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 - Statistical Tables | October 2019 </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul>TabLE 3 Full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in Ofces of Inspectors General, 2008 and 2016 Change, Ofces of Inspectors General Total Executive departments: 2008 3,514 2016 2008-2016 3,869 a355 Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce 166 16 149 12 -17 -4 Department of Defense Department of Education 345 88 328 80 -17 -8 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Department of Energy </li><li style="flex:1">48 </li><li style="flex:1">64 </li><li style="flex:1">16 </li></ul>65 30 -27 4 Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Interior 393 163 229 66 458 193 202 70 Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of State 122 164 32 130 146 41 8 -18 9 Department of Transportation Department of the Treasury Department of Veterans Afairs Other federal Ofces of Inspectors General: Agency for International Development 94 21 132 102 36 171 8 15 39 13 ~ 36 31 23 ~bAmtrak Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and b<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau </li><li style="flex:1">~</li></ul>9 40 ~ 25 6 47 6 ~-3 7 Corporation for National and Community Service Environmental Protection Agency b<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Export-Import Bank of the United States </li><li style="flex:1">~</li></ul>Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency General Services Administration Library of Congress National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Archives and Records Administration National Science Foundation 35 ~ 67 2 52 66 51 47 74 0 62 6 16 ~7 -2 10 0b<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">7</li><li style="flex:1">1</li></ul>Ofce of Personnel Management Peace Corps Pension Beneft Guaranty Corporation 28 ~~ 34 55 6~~bbRailroad Retirement Board Securities and Exchange Commission 16 ~ 34 ~ 16 13 38 3 0~4~bSmall Business Administration bSmithsonian Institution <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Social Security Administration </li><li style="flex:1">274 </li></ul>~ 272 22 -2 ~bSpecial Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset b<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Relief Program </li><li style="flex:1">~</li></ul>20 62 19 ~<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">-1 </li><li style="flex:1">Tennessee Valley Authority </li></ul>Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration U.S. Postal Service 304 511 278 522 -26 11 ~Not applicable. Agency was not in the 2008 Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers. aThe 2008 total includes 18 ofcers from agencies that did not respond to the 2016 Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers (CFLEO). bAgency was not in the 2008 CFLEO. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2008 and 2016. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 - Statistical Tables | October 2019 </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">FIGURE 2 </li><li style="flex:1">FIGURE 3 </li></ul>Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by primary function, 2016 Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by sex and race or ethnicity, 2008 and 2016 Sex Male Criminal investigation Corrections Female Police response/patrol Race/ethnicity bWhite Noncriminal investigation/ enforcement bBlack Court operations Hispanic Security/protection 2008 b,c a<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0</li><li style="flex:1">10 20 30 40 50 60 70 </li></ul>Other 2016 Percent <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0</li><li style="flex:1">20 </li><li style="flex:1">40 </li><li style="flex:1">60 </li><li style="flex:1">80 </li><li style="flex:1">100 </li></ul>Note: See table 4 for counts and percentages. Percent Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Enforcement Ofcers, 2016. </li><li style="flex:1">Note: See table 5 for estimates. </li></ul>aIn 2016, federal law enforcement agencies indicated that 257 (0.2%) ofcers were of unknown race. bExcludes persons of Hispanic origin (e.g., “white” refers to TabLE 4 non-Hispanic whites and “black” refers to non-Hispanic blacks). Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, cIncludes Asians, Native Hawaiians, Other Pacifc Islanders, American by primary function, 2016 Indians, Alaska Natives, and persons of two or more races. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Number of Percent of Ofcers, 2008 and 2016. Primary function Total Police protection ofcers 132,110 100,250 82,336 11,611 6,303 total 100% 75.9% 62.3 8.8 TabLE 5 Criminal investigation Police response/patrol Non-criminal investigation/enforcement Corrections Percent of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by sex and race or ethnicity, 2008 and 2016 4.8 2008 100% 84.5 15.5 100% 65.7 10.4 19.8 2.9 2016 100% 86.3 13.7 100% 62.1 10.5 20.9 3.3 19,896 5,173 15.1% 3.9% 2.0% 3.1% Sex Male Female Court operations Security/protection Function not reported 2,645 4,146 Race/ethnicity Note: Details may not sum to totals due to rounding. aaWhite Black Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016. Hispanic a,b Asian a,b Native Hawaiian/Other Pacifc Islander American Indian/Alaska Native Two or more races 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.6 a,b b<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Unknown race/ethnicity </li><li style="flex:1">0.0 </li><li style="flex:1">0.2 </li></ul>Note: Details may not sum to totals due to rounding. Excludes persons of unknown race/ethnicity. aExcludes persons of Hispanic origin (e.g., “white” refers to non-Hispanic whites and “black” refers to non-Hispanic blacks). bIncluded in “other” in fgure 3. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2008 and 2016. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 - Statistical Tables | October 2019 </li><li style="flex:1">6</li></ul>TabLE 6 Sex and race or ethnicity of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers in agencies employing 50 or more ofcers, other than Ofces of Inspectors General, 2016 Race/ethnicity Native Hawaiian/ American Sex Male 88.1% 86.2 80.1 87.1 89.2 89.8 92.3 90.2 86.4 77.3 81.4 88.0 83.1 89.7 70.5 78.7 89.3 89.7 88.9 100.0 88.0 92.1 90.1 76.3 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Other Pacifc </li><li style="flex:1">Indian/Alaska Two or </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Agency </li><li style="flex:1">Number </li></ul>43,724 19,093 13,799 12,400 4,729 4,181 3,839 3,788 2,675 1,891 1,773 1,215 1,119 777 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Total </li><li style="flex:1">Female </li></ul>11.9% 13.8 19.9 12.9 10.8 10.2 7.7 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Total </li><li style="flex:1">White* </li></ul>49.9% 60.5 83.3 61.4 76.2 79.1 62.4 77.1 80.0 56.6 59.9 78.9 88.2 51.9 9.2 77.0 77.3 69.6 2.8 84.4 67.5 85.4 37.9 73.7 Black* 4.9% 22.0 4.9 7.4 13.1 7.8 22.9 8.6 8.0 21.5 30.3 5.3 Hispanic 39.5% 8.6 6.3 25.5 6.8 8.9 10.3 9.6 4.4 14.2 6.4 8.1 5.0 2.8 8.1 8.4 5.9 9.6 0.6 Asian* 4.1% 1.2 4.2 5.0 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.0 1.9 6.0 2.5 3.6 1.7 1.4 2.1 1.2 3.0 2.1 0.0 1.7 4.8 1.2 2.2 1.9 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Islander* </li><li style="flex:1">Native* </li></ul>

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