"...The number of times Detroit police have used force has dropped slightly this year — though they're using their guns and pulling the trigger "substantially" more than they did last year, according to a report released at Thursday's Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting.
So far this year, the city has seen 17 so-called Category 1 incidents, which involve the most serious use-of-force tactics, including shooting suspects, striking them with a Taser or using a force that leads to death, broken bones or loss of consciousness. This includes pepper spraying a person who is detained, which is prohibited by police.
Of the 17 most serious use-of-force incidents, nearly half involved guns. Category 1 incidents are up 70%, from 10 last year to the current number of 17, which include:
- 1 fatal shooting
- 2 nonfatal shootings
- 2 shots fired
- 3 unintentional discharge of a weapon
- 5 Taser incidents
- 1 critical vehicle pursuit
- 4 other
"There really weren’t any substantive changes (in use-of-force incidents) … however, there was a substantial increase in gun-related arrests in 2021 compared to 2020," DPD director Reid Branche-Wilson told the commissioners in explaining the quarterly report.
Wilson attributed the rise in Category 1 incidents to an increased use in Tasers and officers unintentionally discharging their weapons, though his report did not say whether the use-of-force incidents were justified or not...Read all.
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