Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2016 - Statistical Tables
Bureau of Justice Statistics ? Statistical Tables
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
As of the end of fscal-year 2016, federal agencies in the United States and U.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).
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.
FIGURE 1 Distribution of full-time federal law enforcement ofcers, by department or branch, 2016
Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice
Other executivebranch agencies Independent agencies
Judicial branch
Legislative branch 0 10 20 30 40 50 Percent
Note: See table 1 for counts and percentages. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016.
Highlights
In 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.
About 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%).
Between 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%).
The 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.
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
Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 - Statistical Tables | October 2019
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TabLE 1
Distribution of full-time federal law enforcement
ofcers, by department or branch, 2016
Department/branch
Number
Percent
Total Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Other executive branch agencies Independent agencies Judicial branch Legislative branch
132,110 62,125 43,666 15,414 4,943 4,141 1,821
100% 47.0 33.1 11.7 3.7 3.1 1.4
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
Department/agency Total
Ofces of Inspectors General Total executive/judicial/legislative/independent
federal law enforcement agencies, other than Ofces of Inspectors General Executive departments: Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Number of full-time ofcers, 2008a
121,909 3,514
Number of full-time ofcers, 2016b
132,110 3,869
118,395
128,241
648
514
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Industry and Security
103
108
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Ofce of Law Enforcement
154
126
Ofce of Security
~
38
Secretary's Protective Detail
~
11
Department of Defense
Pentagon Force Protection Agency
725
777
Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration
363
302
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration, Ofce of
Criminal Investigation
187
231
National Institutes of Health, Division of Police
94
77
Department of Homeland Security
Customs and Border Protection Immigration and Customs Enforcementc
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mount Weather Police
Federal Protective Servicec
Ofce of the Chief Security Ofcer
37,482 11,779
84 900
~
43,724 12,400
78 1,007
26
Secret Service Department of the Interior
5,226
4,697
Bureau of Indian Afairs, Ofce of Justice
Services
277
352
Bureau of Land Management
255
253
Bureau of Reclamation Fish and Wildlife Service National Park Service Rangers Park Police
21
24
603
619
1,416
1,822
547
560
Federal Law Enforcement Ofcers, 2016 - Statistical Tables | October 2019
Percent change, 2008-2016
8.4% 10.1%
Percent of all federal ofcers, 2016
100%
2.9%
8.3%
97.1%
-20.7%
4.9% -18.2
~ ~
7.2%
-16.8%
0.4%
0.1% 0.1 ................
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