Officer Involved Shooting Statistics. Several high-profile officer involved shootings OIS in 2014 and 2015 stimulated a national debate and exposed the absence of reliable national data on police use of deadly force. That is a 526 decrease.
The statistics will update as selections are made and the data is filtered. Officer-Involved Shootings Suspect-Involved 2009 2021 Year Total. In 2020 just 19 people were shot and killed by law enforcement.
To begin exploring this issue the Major Cities Chiefs Association MCCA first asked their members to provide the number of OIS for their agencies for the years.
The four boxes to the right of the Initial Call Type chart provide aggregated statistics for all selected officer involved shooting events. The outlier here and worth taking a deeper dive into is the state of Florida. The Officer-Involved Shootings topic page provides news about cops in deadly confrontations as well as tactical tips and columnists perspective on how to handle such situations. Police Use of Deadly Force in Maine 1990-2012.
