OIG FILE #19-1181
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY|910|BACKGROUND 10
KEY TERMS 12
RACE AND ETHNICITY 13
DISPARITY AND BIAS ! 13
FORCE MITIGATION AND DE-ESCALATION 14
POLICE STOPS 15
AVAILABLE DATA 15
DATA LIMITATIONS 16
SELECTION OF FORCE OPTION AND USE OF FORCE 18
AVAILABLE DATA 19
DATA LIMITATIONS 23
FORCE MITIGATION 24
AVAILABLE DATA 24
DATA LIMITATIONS 24
GLOBAL DATA LIMITATIONS 25
QUALITATIVE CASE ANALYSIS OF POLICE STOPS AND USES OF FORCE 27
OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY 28
OBJECTIVES 28
SCOPE 28
METHODOLOGY 29
STANDARDS 30
AUTHORITY AND ROLE 30
FINDINGS 31
FINDING 1: DURING THE PERIOD OF ANALYSIS, BLACK PEOPLE WERE
OVERWHELMINGLY DISPROPORTIONATELY STOPPED BY CPD, REGARDLESS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION AND CRIME LEVEL IN THE DISTRICT OFTHE
STOP 31
A. ANALYSIS 31
FINDING 2: AMONG PEOPLE WHOM CPD MEMBERS STOPPED IN A TRAFFIC OR INVESTIGATORY STOP DURING THE PERIOD OF ANALYSIS, BLACK PEOPLE WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUBJECTEDTO FORCE, REGARDLESS OF DISTRICT
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION AND DISTRICT CRIME LEVEL 36
A. ANALYSIS 36
FINDING 3: CPD USED LOWER-LEVEL FORCE OPTIONS MORE FREQUENTLYTHAN HIGHER-LEVEL FORCE OPTIONS AGAINST ALL PEOPLE; HOWEVER, CPD WAS MORE LIKELY TO USE HIGHER-LEVEL FORCE OPTIONS AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE THAN
AGAINST NON-BLACK PEOPLE 40
A. ANALYSIS 40
FINDING 4: FOR THE POPULATION THAT FACED AT LEAST ONE USE OF FORCE, OIG FOUND NO CONSISTENT EVIDENCE OF RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN CPD'S
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APPLICATION OF FORCE MITIGATION EFFORTS OR IN CPD'S APPLICATION OF
MULTIPLE, SEPARATELY REPORTED USES OF FORCE 47
A. ANALYSIS 47
FORCE MITIGATION EFFORTS 47
MULTIPLE, SEPARATELY REPORTED FORCE DEPLOYMENTS 48
V. CONCLUSION 51
APPENDIX A: INVESTIGATORY STOP AND TRAFFIC STOP RATES BY DISTRICT AND SUBJECT
RACE/ETHNICITY 53
APPENDIX B: FORCE LEVELS DEPLOYED, COMPARISONS BY SUBJECT RACE/ETHNICITY WITH
DISTRICT TIER AND SUBJECT SEX CONTROLS 56
APPENDIX C: CASE STUDIES 61
SELECTED CASE STUDIES OF POLICE STOPS 61
SELECTED CA...
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