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Use of Force Indicator

Use of Force measures the rate at which St. Louis City police officers report use of force per 1,000 residents

Latest Measure (2016)

Use of Force Score 34 Indicator scores are represented on a scale from 1 to 100.
Disparity Ratio 2.92 Disparity direction: black-white
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports of use of force per 1,000 residents by neighborhood

Officers report use-of-force incidents nearly three times as often in majority-black neighborhoods as in majority-white neighborhoods.

Source: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; American Community Survey 1-year estimates

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