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Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies (CLETA)
Data Collection Status
Active
Frequency
Periodic
Latest Data Available
2022
Data Experts
Emily D. Buehler, PhD, BJS Statistician
Collection Period
2002, 2006, 2013, 2018, 2022
Description
The CLETA gathers information on recruits, staff, training curricula, equipment, and facilities from training academies that are responsible for administering mandatory basic training to newly appointed or elected law enforcement officers. These academies are operated by state, county, and municipal agencies and by universities, colleges, and technical schools. Academies that provided only in-service training were excluded from CLETA.
The Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies (CLETA) aims to fully enumerate all state and local law enforcement academies in the United States that offer basic training. Prior to the 2022 administration, a frame of academies was compiled based on the 2018 CLETA and supplemented by web searches and law enforcement agency directories to identify other potentially relevant academies offering basic training nationwide. A total of 857 academies were identified and contacted for the 2022 CLETA. A total of 110 academies were determined to be ineligible because they did not offer basic training, they were duplicates in the frame, they no longer operated, or due to some other disqualifying reason. As a result, there were 747 eligible academies. Of these, 602 were complete cases (cases in which respondents answered 66% or more of critical items on the survey instrument). The overall survey response rate was 81%.
