Federal Law Enforcement: Results of Surveys of Federal Civilian Law Enforcement Components
(GAO-07-223SP),
an E-supplement to GAO-07-121

Survey of Federal Law Enforcement Authority

Survey of Federal Law Enforcement Authority

U.S. Government Accountability Office

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Mission

1. Please provide a general description of [name of responding federal component appeared here]'s law enforcement mission, limiting the use of abbreviations and acronyms.

(The space provided below allows you 1,000 characters for your response, including spaces. We suggest that you copy your mission statement into a Word (or other word processing software) document, use the "Word Count" feature to ensure you have not exceeded 1,000 characters (including spaces), and check for any spelling mistakes using "Spell Check." Then, second, highlight and copy the mission statement and paste it in the box provided below by left-clicking in the box one time and pressing Ctrl-V. Please be aware that for reporting purposes, we will only use the first 1,000 characters (including spaces) of your mission statement.)

Conduct Criminal Investigations

2. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have any authority to conduct criminal investigations?
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U.S. Code

3. IF YES, does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to conduct criminal investigations from the U.S. Code (U.S.C.)?
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4. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to conduct criminal investigations?

Example: 8 U.S.C. 1103(a), 1225(a), 1324a(e)(2), 1324(c), 1357(b)

Code of Federal Regulations

5. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to conduct criminal investigations from the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)?
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6. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to conduct criminal investigations?

Example: 28 C.F.R. 0.111(a), (q)

Other Authorities

7. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to conduct criminal investigations from other authorities, such as Executive Orders, Department or Agency Directives, or Memoranda of Understanding?
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8. IF YES, what other primary authorities does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have to conduct criminal investigations?

Law Enforcement Officer Job Series

9. Which of [name of responding federal component appeared here]'s law enforcement officer job series are authorized to conduct criminal investigations?

Note: If your agency uses additional job series other than the ones provided below or uses other position identifiers, please check 'Other' and list them in the next question.
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10. IF 'OTHER' JOB SERIES CHECKED, please enter the job series or your agency's position identifiers in the space below.
(Please use the following format: 1111, 2222, police officer, investigator. Be sure to put a comma between each job.)

Execute Search Warrants

11. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have any authority to execute search warrants?
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U.S. Code

12. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to execute search warrants from the U.S. Code (U.S.C.)?

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13. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to execute search warrants?

Example: 18 U.S.C. 3056(c)(1)(a)

Code of Federal Regulations

14. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to execute search warrants from the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)?
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15. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to execute search warrants?

Example: 8 C.F.R. 287.5

Other Authorities

16. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to execute search warrants from other authorities, such as Executive Orders, Department or Agency Directives, or Memoranda of Understanding?
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17. IF YES, what other primary authorities does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have to execute search warrants?

Law Enforcement Officer Job Series

18. Which of [name of responding federal component appeared here]'s law enforcement officer job series are authorized to execute search warrants?

Note: If your agency uses additional job series other than the ones provided below or uses other position identifiers, please check 'Other' and list them in the next question.
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19. IF 'OTHER' JOB SERIES CHECKED, please enter the job series or your agency's position identifiers in the space below.
(Please use the following format: 1111, 2222, police officer, investigator. Be sure to put a comma between each job.)

Make Arrests

20. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have any authority to make arrests?
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U.S. Code

21. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to make arrests from the U.S. Code (U.S.C.)?
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22. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to make arrests?

Example: 28 U.S.C. 566(c), (d); 18 U.S.C. 3053

Code of Federal Regulations

23. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to make arrests from the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)?
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24. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to make arrests?

Example: 39 C.F.R. 233.1

Other Authorities

25. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to make arrests from other authorities, such as Executive Orders, Department or Agency Directives, or Memoranda of Understanding?
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26. IF YES, what other primary authorities does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have to make arrests?

Law Enforcement Officer Job Series

27. Which of [name of responding federal component appeared here]'s law enforcement officer job series are authorized to make arrests?

Note: If your agency uses additional job series other than the ones provided below or uses other position identifiers, please check 'Other' and list them in the next question.
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28. IF 'OTHER' JOB SERIES CHECKED, please enter the job series or your agency's position identifiers in the space below.
(Please use the following format: 1111, 2222, police officer, investigator. Be sure to put a comma between each job.)

Carry Firearms

29. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have any authority to carry firearms?
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U.S. Code

30. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to carry firearms from the U.S. Code (U.S.C.)?
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31. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to carry firearms?

Example: 21 U.S.C. 372(e)(1)

Code of Federal Regulations

32. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to carry firearms from the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)?
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33. IF YES, which title(s) and section(s) of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) provide [name of responding federal component appeared here] with its primary authorities to carry firearms?

Example: 21 C.F.R. 5.35

Other Authorities

34. Does [name of responding federal component appeared here] derive any of its primary authorities to carry firearms from other authorities, such as Executive Orders, Department or Agency Directives, or Memoranda of Understanding?
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35. IF YES, what other primary authorities does [name of responding federal component appeared here] have to carry firearms?

Law Enforcement Officer Job Series

36. Which of [name of responding federal component appeared here]'s law enforcement officer job series are authorized to carry firearms?

Note: If your agency uses additional job series other than the ones provided below or uses other position identifiers, please check 'Other' and list them in the next question.
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37. IF 'OTHER' JOB SERIES CHECKED, please enter the job series or your agency's position identifiers in the space below.
(Please use the following format: 1111, 2222, police officer, investigator. Be sure to put a comma between each job.)

Contact Information

38. In the event we need to follow up on any of the responses provided in this survey, what is the name and contact information of the individual we can contact?
 
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  d. E-mail address  
   

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Full Report: GAO-07-121

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