In preparing an EEOP Short Form, why do law enforcement agencies use both Community Labor Statistics and Civilian Labor Force Statistics?
For law enforcement agencies preparing the EEOP Short Form, the online system automatically accesses both the Community Labor Statistics and the Civilian Labor Force statistics from the relevant labor market that the law enforcement agency selects. The Community Labor Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau show the percentage of eligible workers in each of the major job categories for state and local government agencies in a selected labor market, cross-classified by race, national origin, and sex. Law enforcement agencies that have already calculated the percentages of employees in their workforces in each of the major job categories, also cross-classified by race, national origin, and sex (i.e, the Workforce Analysis Chart in the EEOP Short Form), can then compare the demographics of their workforces to the demographics of eligible workers in the relevant labor markets. The comparison allows recipients to identify underutilization of employees in any of the eight job categories. In c
