FCPD Shares 10 Years of Data on Officer-Involved Shootings

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By ETHAN LEVINE (Patch Staff)

After the Fairfax County Police Department was found to have withheld information in the case of John Geer, an unarmed Springfield man shot and killed by an officer in a 2013 standoff, the department is seeking to be more transparent to the residents it serves.

With this in mind, it released a decade’s worth of data on officer-involved shootings on Tuesday evening, detailing all 37 across its eight police districts. The Herndon area falls within the Reston and Fair Oaks districts.

Related: Officer Identified in John Geer Shooting

Please refer to the chart above for the breakdown of shootings by year and by district. The majority of shootings (23 of 37) occurred in the four-year span from 2005 to 2008, while only 14 shootings have occurred since the start of 2009.

The Reston Police District was found to be the most tame when it comes to officer-involved shootings, claiming just one in the last 10 years.

The Fair Oaks district has seen four officer-involved shootings in the last 10 years, but none since 2008.

For more details on specific officer-involved shootings, click here.