Helen Saulnier 
In 2020, the U.S utilized more than 130,000 federal law enforcement officers. In accordance to the Bureau of Justice Stats (BJS), virtually 50 % worked under the Section of Homeland Safety (DHS).
The report discovered that the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) manufactured up the bulk of DHS officers, a reflection of the aim on border stability and undocumented immigration above the final two a long time.
The quantity of undocumented immigrants detained on the southern border with Mexico topped two million in 2022.
The DHS, established in 2003, in response to the Sept. 11 2001 terror attacks, is the 3rd biggest federal agency in the U.S. governing administration, with more than 240,000 staff.
CBP and ICE comprised close to 56,000 of the about 62,000 officers doing the job underneath the DHS, or around 90 per cent.
In addition, the report found that some 61 percent of federal law enforcement officers are white, 21 percent Hispanic and 10 % Black.
According to the report, that was much significantly less gender variety, nonetheless. Around 15 p.c of federal law enforcement officers and 13 p.c of supervisory legislation enforcement personnel were female.
The report also found prison investigation was the primary operate for just more than two-thirds of federal regulation enforcement officers.
The results appear from the 2020 Census of Federal Regulation Enforcement Officers, performed sporadically by the BJS given that 1993.
The 2020 info was from 94 companies, like 44 Offices of Inspectors Normal, which supply oversight of federal agencies and their functions.
The census excluded the U.S. Armed Forces, officers stationed overseas and agencies with confidentiality limitations, these kinds of as the Federal Air Marshal Company.
The report can be downloaded in this article.
This summary was ready by Associate TCR Editor James Van Bramer.
