FBI launches act to prevent suicide among law enforcement

WASHINGTON D.C. (KLKN) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation, has launched a new Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act to help agencies better understand and prevent suicides.

Data collected will include current and former law enforcement officers, corrections employees, 911 operators, judges, and prosecutors.

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program manages this data collection, known as the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection.

As with other UCR data collections, submitting data to the collection is voluntary.

The collection opened for data submissions on January 1st.  Designated law enforcement officials are able to submit data through the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal.  Data submitted by law enforcement agencies will not include any information that directly identifies any law enforcement officer.

The FBI will collect the following information for each current or former law enforcement officer who attempts or dies by suicide, including:

• Circumstances and events that occurred before each suicide or attempted suicide
• General location
• Demographic information
• Occupational category
• The method used in each suicide or attempted suicide