Citizen Complaints About Police Use of Force. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report.

摘要

Large State and local law enforcement agencies - those with 100 or more sworn officers - received more than 26,000 citizen complaints about officer use of force during 2002. This total figure resulted in overall rates of 33 complaints per agency and 6.6 complaints per 100 full-time sworn officers. Overall rates were higher among large municipal police departments, with 45 complaints per agency, and 9.5 complaints per 100 full-time sworn officers. Among those complaints having a final disposition at the time of data collection, about 8% were sustained, meaning there was sufficient evidence of the allegation to justify disciplinary action against the subject officer(s).