Collects information from federal law enforcement agencies that are authorized to make arrests and/or carry firearms. Data describe the number of officers employed by the agencies, the demographic characteristics of the officers, the functions of the officers, as well as hiring policies, screening techniques, equipment, and use of force techniques employed by these agencies.
Data come from all federal law enforcement agencies employing officers with arrest and/or firearm authority. The CFLEO excludes officers in the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and Space Force) and federal officers stationed in foreign countries. Due to security and classified information restrictions, agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Air Marshal Service were also excluded. For the same reasons, the CFLEO did not collect information on the number of officers for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Mount Weather Police Department.
