1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov December 22, 2020Department of the Interior (DOI) Law Enforcement ProgramsOverview As of November 2020, the Department of the Interior (DOI) employed nearly 3,400 law enforcement officers (LEOs) assigned to seven distinct organizational units within five DOI bureaus (
2、see Figure 1). These seven units are the Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); Bureau of Reclamation (BOR); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWSs) Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) and Division of Refuge Law Enforcement (REF); National Park Service (NPS); and U.S. Park Polic
3、e (USPP) within NPS. DOIs law enforcement contingent is the fourth-largest among executive branch departments, after the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and Veterans Affairs. Law enforcement on lands owned and administered by the federal government is of perennial interest to Congress. Th
4、is includes issues related to funding, jurisdictional disputes between federal and non-federal law enforcement agencies, and more recent concerns around excessive force and police-community relations. Figure 1. Total DOI Law Enforcement Figures (as of November 2020) Source: Totals provided to CRS on
