2020 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle V - Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel
Chapter 507 - Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection
Sec. 50701 - Information on suicide in law enforcement
| 34 U.S.C. § 50701 (2020) |
| §50701. Information on suicide in law enforcement |
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(a) Establishment
Not later than 1 year after June 16, 2020, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall establish, for the purpose of preventing future law enforcement suicides and promoting understanding of suicide in law enforcement, the Law Enforcement Officers Suicide Data Collection Program, under which law enforcement agencies may submit to the Director information on suicides and attempted suicides within such law enforcement agencies, including information on— (1) the circumstances and events that occurred before each suicide or attempted suicide; (2) the general location of each suicide or attempted suicide; (3) the demographic information of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; (4) the occupational category, including criminal investigator, corrections officer, line of duty officer, 911 dispatch operator, of each law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide; and (5) the method used in each suicide or attempted suicide. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall work with the Confidentiality and Data Access Committee of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology to develop publication policies to manage the risk of identity disclosure based upon the best practices identified by other Federal statistical programs. (c) ReportNot later than 2 years after June 16, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to Congress and publish on the website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report containing the information submitted to the Director pursuant to subsection (a). (d) ConfidentialityThe report described under subsection (c) may not include any personally identifiable information of a law enforcement officer who commits or attempts suicide. (e) DefinitionsIn this section— (1) the term "law enforcement agency" means a Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency engaged in the prevention, detection, or investigation, prosecution, or adjudication of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Tribal, or a political subdivision of a State; (2) the term "law enforcement officer" means any current or former officer (including a correctional officer), agent, or employee of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of the criminal laws of the United States, a State, Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State; and (3) the term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. |
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(Pub. L. 116–143, §2, June 16, 2020, 134 Stat. 644.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Subtitle V - Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel CHAPTER 507 - LAW ENFORCEMENT SUICIDE DATA COLLECTION Sec. 50701 - Information on suicide in law enforcement |
| section 50701 |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
| No |
| standard |
| 134 Stat. 644 |
| Public Law 116-143 |
