Las Vegas Police Release Annual Use Of Force Report

Last year, officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department were involved in the fewest number of shootings in the past 20 years, according to the department's annal report on the use of force.

The 10 officer-involved shootings in 2016 were six below each of the previous two years.

The 30-page report- the sixth annual edition - also found that:

• In 2016, all officer involved shootings involved armed suspects - 90% of those suspects were armed with firearms.
• During the reporting period of 2012-2016, animal shootings have decreased 55%.
• The Department’s non-deadly use of force incidents have decreased by 8% over the past five years.
• There were a total of 66 person‐oriented OISs during 2012‐2016. In 2016, there were 10 OISs which was 6 less than the previous year. The number of OISs in 2016 was the lowest in the past five years. The average number of OISs between 2012 and 2016 was 13. OISs ranged from a low of 10 (2016) to a high of 16 (2014, 2015).
• The number of OISs that began as citizen Calls‐for‐Service (CFS), particularly violent calls, has increased over the past five years, while the number of OISs that began as officer‐initiated calls has declined significantly. In 2016, 90% of OISs began as a citizen CFS and 89% were violent in nature. “Person with a Gun” and “Assault/Battery with a Gun” CFS resulted in the most OISs in 2016.
• During the past five years, 80% of person‐oriented OISs occurred outdoors while 20% occurred indoors. The year 2016 was consistent with this trend with 90% of OISs occurring outdoors.

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