The director may collect statistics and information regarding juvenile delinquency, crimes reported and discovered, arrests made, complaints, informations, and indictments filed and the disposition made thereof, pleas, convictions, acquittals, probations granted or denied, commitments to and transfers and discharges from places of incarceration, and other data and information useful in determining the cause and amount of crime in this State, or in carrying out the powers and duties of the authority.

All officers and employees of the State and of every county and city shall furnish to the director upon request such statistics and other information within their knowledge and control as the director deems necessary or proper to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this section.