Police Use of Force (December 21, 2016, to April 11, 2022)

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED Department supervisors (typically Sergeants) collect this data through the Use-of-Force reporting system, and the dataset is appropriately redacted prior to public release. C. UPDATE PROCESS This dataset will not be updated. D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET This dataset can be used to help understand the number, location, subjects, reason for and outcomes of use of force used by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD).

This dataset can also be used to provide counts of incidents involving the use of force as well as counts of force, by type, date, subject demographics, and location. How can this Dataset be best used? The information is collected by department supervisors (usually Sergeants), and can be used to help understand the number, location, subject, reason for, and outcomes of, uses of force conducted by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD).

This dataset can be used to provide counts of incidents involving use of force as well as counts of force, by type, date, subject demographics, and location. What is Reasonable Force? The San Franciso Police Department defines Reasonable Force as an objective standard of force viewed from the perspective of a reasonable officer, without the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, and based on the totality of the circumstances known to or perceived by the officer at the time.

(SFPD DGO 5.01, Use of Force Policy (Rev. 12/21/16)) What is a Reportable Force? The San Francisco Police Department defines Reportable Force as: Any use of force which is required to overcome subject resistance to gain compliance that results in death, injury, complaint of injury in the presence of an officer, or complaint of pain that persists beyond the use of a physical control hold. Any use of force involving the use of personal body weapons, chemical agents, impact weapons, extended range impact weapons, vehicle interventions, and firearms.

Any intentional pointing of a firearm at a subject. (SFPD DGO 5.01, Use of Force Policy (Rev.12/21/16)) How is Use of Force counted? Use of Force is counted per incident, per officer, per subject and by force type.

For example, if an officer points a firearm at a subject while another officer uses physical control on the same subject, use of force will be counted as 1 incident, 2 officers, 1 subject and 2 types of force. There may be more than one use of force type reported for a single incident or subject. As a result, the number of incidents will be lower than the number of total uses of force.

What is not captured in this dataset? This dataset does not include any potentially identifiable information of officers conducting use of force. Per California Penal Code 832.7(a) and 832.8, demographic information related to an officer is not releasable.

This dataset may not capture other law enforcement agency use of force within San Francisco (BART PD, US Park Police, for example.) What privacy controls are this data set subject to? The release of this data must balance the need for disclosure to the public against the risk of violating the privacy of those individuals present within the dataset. As suc