Form CJ-52 2022 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies (CLETA

Form CJ-52 OMB No. XX : Approval Expires XX/XX/XXXX

2022 CENSUS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMIES (CLETA) U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

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G ENERAL ACADEMY INFORMATION

1. Which one of the following options best describes the entity responsible for operating your training academy in 2022? Select only one response.

• State Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) (or equivalent state authority)

• State police/highway patrol agency

• City/municipal police department

• Sheriff’s office/department

• County police department

• Regional training academy

• Academy affiliated with a 4-year college/university

• Academy affiliated with a 2-year college/community college

• Technical school

• Other (please specify):

2. For purposes of this survey, “Basic Law Enforcement” (BASIC) training is defined as the mandatory pre-certification training for newly appointed or elected law enforcement officers as required by federal or state statute, rule, or regulation, in the jurisdiction of the agency hiring the new officer.

In 2022, did your academy provide any BASIC training?

• Yes

  

• No Skip the rest of the survey and submit it using the instructions on the survey cover sheet

3. In 2022, was your academy accredited by a nationally recognized, independent credentialing body, such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) or the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST)? Do not include a state POST certification.

• Yes

• No

4. In 2022, were the following degrees offered through your academy or did your academy offer college credit at a partner institution?

   	Yes		No
   Associate’s Degree
   Bachelor’s Degree
   College credit

5. In 2022, in addition to BASIC training, did your academy offer the following types of training? Include only trainings conducted or provided by your academy.

	Yes	No
In-service training for active duty, certified officers
Specialized training (e.g., SWAT, K-9, marine, criminal investigations, etc.)
First-line or higher supervisor training
Field training instructors (FTO) / Police Training Officers (PTO)
Lateral training for officers hired from other agencies
Pre-service training (Training prior to the enrollment in a BASIC training class)
Reserve officer course
Night class, extended format, or modular format

6. 

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   In 2022, did your academy provide BASIC training for the following positions?

	Yes	No
Local police officer (city/county)
Sheriff's deputy (law enforcement)
University/college campus police officer
Corrections officer
Park ranger/officer
School resource officer
State police/highway patrol officer
Auxiliary officer
Pre-service/self-sponsored
Natural resources officer
Arson investigator or fire marshal
Constable
Transportation police officer
Tribal police officer
Marshal

7. In 2022, how many of the following types of law enforcement agencies sent recruits to your academy’s BASIC training? Do not include self-sponsored candidates (candidates who are not affiliated with or sponsored by an agency).

If your academy served only self-sponsored candidates, check here: Go to Question 8

	Number of Agencies
Local police department (e.g., municipal, county, regional)
Sheriff’s office/department
State police/highway patrol agency
Special Jurisdiction Examples: Public buildings/facilities (e.g., university, campus), Natural resources (e.g., fish and wildlife, parks), Transportation (e.g., airports, railroads, harbor), Criminal investigations (e.g., state/county/city investigations, fraud), Special enforcement (e.g., alcohol, narcotics)
Total Number of agencies served in 2022 (Sum of rows a through d)

8. As of December 31, 2022, what were the required number of hours for completion of your core BASIC training program and the number of hours mandated by state POST or state law? Do not include any formal field training program, details outside your core program, or any breaks from scheduled BASIC training.

   a. Total number of hours required to complete basic training		Hours
   b. Number of hours mandated by state POST or state law		Hours

9. In 2022, was field training mandatory for recruits following completion of your academy’s BASIC training?

• Yes, it was mandatory for all recruits

• Yes, it was mandatory for some recruits (field training was agency-specific)

• No

10. Did your academy oversee the field training component?

• Yes

  

• No Go to Question 12

11. Enter the length of your core field training program as of December 31, 2022, in hours.

    Hours

12. In 2022, did your academy provide any training or orientation for the families of recruits in BASIC training, such as preparing family members for lifestyle changes they may encounter when the recruit begins work as a law enforcement officer?

• Yes

  

• No Go to Question 14

13. In 2022, were recruits typically present during this training or orientation for family members?

• Yes

• No

14. In 2022, did your academy directly involve community members in any of the following activities? Please select one option for each activity (row).
    
    

	Yes, through formal methods	Yes, through informal methods	Yes, through both formal and informal methods	No, community members not involved
Determining the content of basic academy training curriculum
Involvement in training instruction (as guest lecturers, scenario participants etc.)
Providing academy oversight

BASIC TRAINING PERSONNEL

15. For BASIC recruit academy class(es) that ended in 2022, how many of the total number of personnel serving as trainers or instructors worked full-time or part-time in each category shown below? Full-time employees are those regularly scheduled for 35 hours or more per week. Please report each trainer or instructor only once. If the academy has either no full-time or no part-time trainers or instructors, please type “0” in row “g” for the appropriate group.

	Number of full-time trainers or instructors	Number of part-time trainers or instructors
Sworn personnel employed by your academy
Retired law enforcement personnel employed by your academy
Non-sworn/civilian personnel employed by your academy
Sworn personnel NOT employed by your academy
Retired law enforcement personnel NOT employed by your academy
Non-sworn/civilian personnel NOT employed by your academy
Total number of trainers or instructors (Sum of Rows a through f)

16. In 2022, what was the minimum formal education requirement for trainers or instructors employed by your academy? Please select one response for each column.

If your academy does not have full-time instructors, check here: Complete part-time column only
If your academy does not have part-time instructors, check here: Complete full-time column only

	Full-time trainers and instructors	Part-time trainers and instructors
Graduate degree required
Four-year college degree required
Two-year college degree required
Some college but no degree required
High school diploma or equivalent required
No minimum education required for our academy trainers or instructors

17. In 2022, for trainers and instructors employed by your academy, did your academy require experience as a sworn officer? Please select one response for each column.

If your academy does not have full-time instructors, check here: Complete part-time column only
If your academy does not have part-time instructors, check here: Complete full-time column only

	Full-time trainers and instructors	Part-time trainers and instructors
Require experience as a sworn officer, please specify the required years of experience as a sworn officer
No sworn officer experience requirements

18. In 2022, were the following certifications required for your academy’s trainers or instructors? Please enter a response for each row.

If your academy does not have full-time instructors, check here: Complete part-time section only
If your academy does not have part-time instructors, check here: Complete full-time section only

	Yes	No
I. FULL TIME TRAINERS OR INSTRUCTORS
State- or POST-certification
Academy/instructor certification
Subject matter or specialty certification (e.g., firearms certified, driving certified, first aid certified, etc.)
Other certification requirement (please specify):
II. PART-TIME TRAINERS OR INSTRUCTORS
State- or POST-certification
Academy/instructor certification
Subject matter or specialty certification (e.g., firearms certified, driving certified, first aid certified, etc.)
Other certification requirement (please specify):

19. In 2022, were the following used to evaluate the performance of your academy’s trainers or instructors?

    	Yes	No
    Supervisory evaluations
    Peer evaluations (i.e., evaluated by other training personnel)
    Student feedback/evaluations
    Other (please specify)

20. In 2022, did your academy provide refresher training for your trainers or instructors on general instruction?

• Yes, provided internally Go to Question 21

  

• Yes, provided externally Go to Question 22

• Yes, provided internally and externally Go to Question 21

  

• No Go to Question 22

21. Were the following used to develop the content of your academy’s 2022 internally-provided training sessions on general instruction for your trainers or instructors?

	Yes	No
Job task analysis or needs analysis
State- or POST-commission
Subject matter expert
Law enforcement advisory board
Academy staff input
Academy student input

ACADEMY RESOURCES

22. In 2022, which of the following resources did BASIC training recruits have access to? Please select a response for each resource.

Resource	Yes		No
Educational
Computer lab
Electronic tablet/iPad
Internet/on-line classes
Media lab/video production facility
Mobile data terminals
Resource center/library
Commercial web or online training content (e.g., LETN, PoliceOne Academy, In the Line of Duty)
Video conferencing classes
Weapons/Self-Defense
Defensive tactics room
Use of force training simulator
Indoor firearms range
Outdoor firearms range
Scenario training room/facility
Fitness and Health
Fitness facilities (e.g., gym, weight room)
Obstacle course
Swimming pool
Mental health services

(continued) In 2022, which of the following resources did BASIC training recruits have access to? Please select a response for each resource.

Resource		Yes			No
Driving-Related
Driving simulator
Vehicle operation range/driving track
Living Arrangements
Dormitory/residential facilities

23. Enter your academy’s total operating budget for the fiscal year that included June 30, 2022. Include staff salaries but exclude recruit salaries and purchases of equipment (e.g., cars, computers with a life expectancy of five or more years). If the budget is not available, provide an estimate and check the estimate box.

$ , , If amount is estimate, check here.

24. 

    Enter your academy’s total budget for equipment (e.g., purchase of cars, radios, computers, etc., with a life expectancy of five years or more) for the fiscal year that included June 30, 2022. If the budget is not available, provide an estimate and check the box.

$ , , If amount is estimate, check here.

BASIC ACADEMY TRAINEES

25. For the BASIC recruit academy class(es) that ended in 2022, please indicate the total number of recruits who started BASIC training, and the total number who completed it, by sex.

	If the sex breakdown of recruits who started training is an estimate, complete the data in the column and check here
	If the sex breakdown of recruits who completed training is an estimate, complete the data in the column and check here
		Number of recruits who STARTED training		Number of recruits who COMPLETED training
Male		,		,
Female		,		,
Total for classes ending in 2022 (Sum of Rows a and b)		,		,

26. 

    For the BASIC recruit academy class(es) that ended in 2022, please indicate the total number of recruits who started BASIC training, and the total number who completed it, by race and ethnicity.

	If the race and ethnicity breakdown of recruits who started training is an estimate, complete the data in the column and check here
	If the race and ethnicity breakdown of recruits who completed training is an estimate, complete the data in the column and check here
		Number of recruits who STARTED training	Number of recruits who COMPLETED training
White, non-Hispanic		,	,
Black or African American, non-Hispanic		,	,
Hispanic or Latino		,	,
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic		,	,
Asian, non-Hispanic		,	,
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic		,	,
Two or more races		,	,
Not known		,	,
Total for classes ending in 2022 (Sum of Rows a through h)		,	,

27. 

    For those recruits who did not complete BASIC training in the classes that ended in 2022, please provide the number of recruits by each primary reason for non-completion by sex. Please respond to this question using only numbers; report unknowns within row ‘k’. Count each recruit only once based on the primary reason for non-completion, even if there were multiple reasons for dismissal.

If all recruits completed BASIC training in

the classes that ended in 2022, check here: Go to Question 28

	Male	Female
Injury/illness
Failure to qualify – firearms
Failure to qualify – driving
Failure to qualify – other
Inability to meet physical standards
Academic
Disciplinary
Voluntary/personal reasons
Withdrawn by sponsoring agency
Other reason for non-completion
Don’t know / no information available
Total for classes ending in 2022 (Sum of rows a through k)

BASIC CORE CURRICULUM

28. The training philosophy of academies can be described as using a stress model (i.e., military or paramilitary style), a non-stress model (i.e., academic or adult learning), or a combination of the two models. Which of the following best describes the training philosophy of your academy’s 2022 BASIC training program?

• All or mostly stress model

• More stress than non-stress model

• Equal balance of stress and non-stress model

• More non-stress than stress model

• All or mostly non-stress model

29. 

    Indicate whether your academy’s BASIC training program provided instruction on the following topics in 2022. If yes, provide the approximate number of hours of instruction required in your 2022 BASIC training program. We understand that these categories may not reflect your course titles and the list is not comprehensive. Please give your best estimates, even if a topic was integrated throughout the curriculum. If estimating, please check the box in the far-right column for that particular topic.

2022 BASIC training subject area	Yes	No	If Yes, enter number of hours of BASIC training instruction required on topic	If number of hours is an estimate, check this column
Operations
Basic first-aid/CPR			hours
Computers/information systems			hours
Emergency vehicle operations			hours
Evidence processing and storage			hours
Intelligence gathering and analysis			hours
Interrogation/interviewing			hours
Investigations			hours
Patrol procedures/techniques			hours
Radar/lidar			hours
Report writing			hours
Traffic accident investigations			hours
Weapons/Defensive Tactics
De-escalation/verbal judo			hours
Defensive tactics			hours
Firearms skills			hours
Less-lethal weapons			hours

Legal
Criminal/constitutional law			hours
Juvenile justice law and procedures			hours
Traffic law			hours

(continued) Indicate whether your academy’s BASIC training program provided instruction of the following topics in 2022. If yes, provide the approximate number of hours of instruction required in your 2022 BASIC training program.

2022 BASIC training subject area	Yes		No		If Yes, enter number of hours of BASIC training instruction required on topic		If number of hours is an estimate, check this column
Community Policing
Applying research methods to study crime and disorder						hours
Community partnership building/collaboration						hours
Cultural diversity/human relations						hours
Mediation/conflict management						hours
Problem-solving approaches (e.g., identifying/understanding community problems, devising response strategies, assessing outcomes, etc.)						hours
Using crime mapping to analyze community problems						hours
Self-Improvement
Basic foreign language						hours
Communications						hours
Ethics and integrity						hours
Health and fitness						hours
Professionalism						hours
Stress prevention/management						hours
Special Topics
Clandestine drug labs						hours
Crimes against children						hours
Cyber/internet crimes						hours
Domestic violence						hours

(continued) Indicate whether your academy’s BASIC training program provided instruction of the following topics in 2022. If yes, provide the approximate number of hours of instruction required in your 2022 BASIC training program.

2022 BASIC training subject area	Yes		No		If Yes, enter number of hours of BASIC training instruction required on topic		If number of hours is an estimate, check this column
Special Topics (continued)
DUI/Sobriety						hours
Elder abuse						hours
Emergency management						hours
Gangs						hours
Hate crimes/bias crimes						hours
Human trafficking						hours
Opioids						hours
Public order/protest management/mass demonstrations						hours
Responding to persons with mental illness/behavioral health issues (e.g., crisis intervention)						hours
Response to an active shooter						hours
Sexual assault						hours
Sexual harassment						hours
Terrorism						hours
Victim response						hours

30. 

    In 2022, did your BASIC training program require the following types of FORMAL ASSESSMENTS? If YES, indicate the number of formal assessments required within each category that are used as part of the formal evaluation of the recruit.

	Yes	No	If YES, specify the number of assessments required.
Scenario based assessments
Written assessments
Oral assessments
Skills/proficiency assessments
Physical fitness assessments
State competency exams
Other types (please specify):

31. In 2022, did your academy use role play scenarios and activities for the following topics during BASIC training?

	Yes	No
Active shooter response
Arrest control tactics
Firearms
Interviews/interrogations
Less-lethal weapons
Public order/protest management/mass demonstrations
Responding to persons with mental illness/behavioral health issues (e.g., crisis intervention)
Self-defense
Threat assessment
Use of force continuum/situational use of force
Vehicle pursuit
Verbal tactics

32. In 2022, did your academy include the following types of weapons training in your BASIC academy?

    	Yes	No
    Revolver
    Semi-automatic pistol
    Shotgun (any type)
    Manual rifle
    Semi-automatic rifle (e.g., AR-15)
    Fully-automatic rifle (e.g., M-16, AK-47, MP5)
    Baton
    Blunt force projectile (e.g., bean bag, rubber bullets)
    Chemical agent projectile (e.g., CS/tear gas, OC pellets)
    Conducted Energy Device (e.g., Taser, stun guns, Stinger)
    Explosives
    Flashlight
    Knife/edged weapon
    OC spray/foam
    Other (please specify):

33. In 2022, did your academy include the following in your BASIC firearms or related training?

	Yes	No
Use of force training simulators
Night-time or reduced light conditions
Non-lethal live fire (e.g., simunitions, paintball)
Simulated stressful conditions
Training with off-duty weapons

34. In 2022, did your academy include the following techniques in your BASIC control/defensive tactics instruction for use in the field?

    	Yes	No
    Closed hand techniques
    Full body restraints
    Hold or neck restraint (e.g. carotid hold)
    Knife and edged weapon defense
    Leg hobble or other restraints (not including handcuffs)
    Pressure-point control
    Speed cuffing
    Martial arts training (e.g., jiu-jitsu)
    Other (please specify):

35. In 2022, did your BASIC training program provide any instruction on how to identify or respond to potential excessive force used by other officers or deputies?

• Yes

• No

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