2011 ANNUAL FIREARMS DISCHARGE REPORT

ANNUAL FIREARMS DISCHARGE REPORT

2011

RAYMOND W. KELLY POLICE COMMISSIONER

August 2012, NYPD

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Police Officer Alain Schaberger, 84 Precinct March 13, 2011

Detective First Grade Peter J. Figoski, 75 Precinct

December 12, 2011

In Memoriam

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................................ ix GLOSSARY OF TERMS.......................................................................................................................... x 2011 FIREARMS DISCHARGE SCOPE............................................................................................... xiii SNAPSHOTS.......................................................................................................................................... xiv

ANALYSIS OF 2011 FIREARMS DISCHARGES BY CATEGORY INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................... 3 USE OF FORCE..................................................................................................................................... 7 INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW.......................................................................................................... 11 INTENTIONAL DISCHARGEADVERSARIAL CONFLICT OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................... 17 REASONS FOR DISCHARGES........................................................................................................... 17 DATES AND TIMES OF DISCHARGES............................................................................................... 17 LOCATIONS OF DISCHARGES......................................................................................................... 19 REASONS OFFICER INVOLVED........................................................................................................ 22 OFFICER RESTRAINT....................................................................................................................... 23 OFFICER PEDIGREE......................................................................................................................... 25 SUBJECT PEDIGREE........................................................................................................................ 27 INCIDENT OUTCOMES................................................................................................................... 31 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................. 33 INTENTIONAL DISCHARGEANIMAL ATTACK OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................... 37 REASONS FOR DISCHARGES........................................................................................................... 37 DATES AND TIMES OF DISCHARGES............................................................................................... 37 LOCATIONS OF DISCHARGES......................................................................................................... 38 REASONS OFFICER INVOLVED........................................................................................................ 40 OFFICER RESTRAINT....................................................................................................................... 40 OFFICER PEDIGREE......................................................................................................................... 41 INCIDENT OUTCOMES................................................................................................................... 43 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................. 43

UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGE OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................... 47 REASONS FOR DISCHARGES........................................................................................................... 47

PURELY UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGES......................................................................................... 47 UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGE ADVERSARIAL CONFLICT............................................................ 49

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ANALYSIS OF 2011 FIREARMS DISCHARGES BY CATEGORY continued

UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A FIREARM

OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................................... 53

DISCHARGE BY OTHER THAN OFFICER............................................................................................ 53

SUICIDE ........................................................................................................................................... 53

OTHER............................................................................................................................................. 53

OUTCOME....................................................................................................................................... 53

MISTAKEN IDENTITY

DEFINITION...................................................................................................................................... 57

2011 INCIDENT................................................................................................................................ 57

APPENDIX IN MEMORIAM...................................................................................................................................... 61

HISTORICAL DATA................................................................................................................................. 63

FIREARMS TRAINING............................................................................................................................ 67

ADVERSARIAL CONFLICT RESULTING IN A SUBJECTS DEMISE....................................................... 71

SUBJECTS SHOT BY POLICE BY RACE/ETHNICITY, SINCE 1997........................................................ 75

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA........................................................................ 77

TABLES, CHARTS, AND FIGURES

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PAGE Firearms Discharge Scope........................................................................................................ xiii

Historical Snapshot by Category, 20022011.......................................................................... xiv

Total Incidents by Year, 20022011......................................................................................... xiv

Adversarial Conflict by Year, 20022011................................................................................. xiv

Unintentional Discharge by Year, 20022011......................................................................... xiv

Animal Attack by Year, 20022011.......................................................................................... xiv

Comparison, 2010 to 2011....................................................................................................... xv

Breakdown by Category, 2011................................................................................................. xv

INTENTIONAL DISCHARGE ADVERSARIAL CONFLICT

A.1 Type of Threat, ID-AC............................................................................................................... 17

A.2 ID-AC Incidents, 2007 to 2011, by Calendar Date.................................................................... 18

A.3 ID-AC Incidents By Borough..................................................................................................... 19

A.4 MAP: Locations of ID-AC vs Locations of Criminal Shootings, 2011........................................ 20

A.5 Criminal Shootings vs ID-AC Incidents, by Borough................................................................. 21

A.6 Criminal Shootings vs ID-AC Incidents, Percentage by Borough.............................................. 21

A.7 On-duty Officers Assignments................................................................................................ 22

A.8 Situations Precipitating Discharge Incidents............................................................................ 22

A.9 Shots Fired per Officer............................................................................................................. 23

A.10 Shots Fired per ID-AC Incident................................................................................................. 23

A.11 Distance to Target (in Yards) of 53 Reporting Officers.........................................