Race/Ethnicity Composition of Police Officers in Officer-Involved Shootings

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• Personal Author:
  Bishopp, Stephen A. ; Jetelina, Katelyn K. ; Reingle Gonzalez, Jennifer M. ; Wiegand, Jared G.
• Description:
  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate officer and civilian race/ethnicity disparities during ten years of officer-involved shootings (OIS). Design/methodology/approach: Internal affairs, personnel and geospatial data were triangulated for 253 OIS at the Dallas Police Department from 2005 to 2015. Multinomial regression models were used to evaluate the relationship between civilian and officer race/ethnicity in OIS, controlling for officer, situational and neighborhood factors. Findings: In total, 48 percent of unique OIS involved a non-Hispanic black civilian and most OIS occurred in Hispanic majority neighborhoods (48 percent). Officer age and number of shooters on scene were the only variables significantly associated with officer race/ethnicity. Most notably, officer race/ethnicity was not associated with the race/ethnicity of the civilian during OIS incidents. Originality/value: There is limited scientific evidence on whether officers of certain races/ethnicities are disproportionately likely to engage in OIS with civilians of a particular race/ethnicity due to the relative rarity of such events. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Law Enforcement Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Police Community Health Firearms Law Enforcement Workers Officer-involved Shootings Police Officers Race And Ethnicity Racial Factors Use Of Force
• ISSN:
  1363-951X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066918
• Citation:
  Policing 2020 Apr; 43(2):263-270
• Email:
  katelyn.k.jetelina@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20180901
• Source Full Name:
  Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c1520cf2ed604ae7babbe36cb8d8d790fbaf4d221090b5724f6a4b06ec5bee16a34afc15e695a3ab71299fa353c4544b8c489f3107b3ecd963ec14e15404bc4f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230769/cdc_230769_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 155.59 KB ]