When any use of force beyond routine handcuffing is used, the officer submits a completed use of force report whether or not injuries occurred. There were occurrences where multiple reports resulting from the same incident were submitted by each of the officers involved. In such cases, officers’ responses are counted as a single force incident that is represented by the report with the highest level of force used. The data source for calls for service is the Computer Aided Dispatch System and data for use of force incidents, types of force used, officer and subject injuries, and subject’s origin and race are from the Case Report System.
Types of force used by officers includes the single highest level of force used by officers in each incident. The act of unholstering without discharging a firearm, as it is a deadly weapon, is categorically included in the deadly force count. Officers often unholster their firearms as a safety measure when responding to potentially dangerous situations such as a possible burglary in progress or building search for a suspect. In some cases, there were no subjects encountered, even though officers submitted a use of force report for unholstering their firearm. In 2021, Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW), previously at the Physical Confrontation force level, was reclassified to the Intermediate Weapon force level.
Subjects were included in the categories of White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN), Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (NHPI), Hispanic, 2 or more races, other, and unknown (i.e., race not specified) based on how they voluntarily identified themselves in relation to origin and race. NHPI is defined by the Census Bureau as persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as Native Hawaiian, Micronesian, Samoan or provide other detailed Pacific Islander responses.
1. Use of Force Incidents per Calls for Service: The calls for service information from 2017 to 2020 do not include the following incident types: Impaired Driving, Extradition Violation, Family Offense/Neglect Warning, Follow Up, Homeless Check, Inspection, Officer in Trouble, Public Relations, Special Assignment, Stalled Vehicle, Testing out, Tow Zone, Traffic Arrest/Citation, Traffic Stop, Document Transfer, Initial Restraining Order, and Warrant Arrest.
2. Officer Injuries and Subject Injuries: Officer and subject injuries exclude no injury and death.
The statistics provided here on the HPD Dashboard are based on the reported date, time, location and offense classification. Throughout the course of our investigation, these parameters may change resulting in a slight fluctuation in statistics. Please note that all percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth value for clarity and simplicity.