Open Data Reports

JSO Open Data Report 2015

JSO's annual report on use of force, assaults on officers, and complaints against employees. Every figure below is transcribed from JSO Open Data Report 2015reportAccessed Oct 12, 2026 as printed, including where its own numbers don't add up.

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Notes on our transcription

Locators use printed pages (cover unnumbered; printed p.1 = PDF page 2). Counts distinguish incidents, applications, subjects and officers. Narrative, charts and appendix are preserved as separate observations. Reasons overlap; rounded percentages are not used to manufacture counts. Report describes aid/medical evaluation for observed or alleged injuries, chain-of-command and specialized review, and annual/basic/in-service/retraining. Agency conclusion regarding compliance is its own assessment, not independently verified. RTR reporting triggers include firearm discharge, intermediate weapon, chemical exposure, SWAT specialty weapon outside SWAT incident, CEW probe/touch-stun, physical force resulting in or alleged to cause injury, observed injury after force, vehicle ramming, detention rejection for alleged RTR injury, injury allegation after admission, or supervisor determination.

Reported figures

Grouped under the report's own section headings, in the order they appear. A figure marked with an earlier year is a prior-year comparison quoted in this report. Categories within a section can overlap, so they don't always add up to a total.

Overall

CategoryReportedPage
Arrests139,980printed p.1 narrative
  1. Conflicts with 39,890 in the table on this page and appendix.

Overall table

CategoryReportedPage
Citizen interactions845,526printed p.1 table
Arrests39,890printed p.1 table
RTR incidents343printed p.1 table
Officer involved shootings10printed p.1 table

Historical comparison

CategoryReportedPage
RTR incidents2014328printed p.1
RTR increase from 201415%printed p.1
Taser increase from 2014214%printed p.1
  1. (343-328)/328*100=4.57317%, consistent with whole-percent rounding.
  2. 228 versus 200 applications gives 14% growth. Not a percentage-point change in share.

Force applications

CategoryReportedPage
Total496printed p.2
Taser2014200printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Taser1228 (46%)printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Physical2014181printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Physical1217 (44%)printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Chemical201435printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Chemical119printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Impact20146printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Impact16printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Firearm201434printed p.2 Type of Force chart
Firearm110printed p.2 Type of Force chart
  1. 2015 chart categories total 480, not the narrative total 496. Firearm applications and OIS incidents are distinct measures.

Reasons chart

CategoryReportedPage
Overcome resistance188%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Protect self150%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Protect other officer124%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Protect citizen116%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Protect prisoner15%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Overpower animal threat13%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Protect property12%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Unintentional11%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
Other12%printed p.2 Reasons for Uses of Force chart
  1. Categories overlap. Counts not inferred from rounded percentages.

Reasons narrative

CategoryReportedPage
Overcome resistance1303 (88%)printed p.2
Protect self and/or others2170 (50%)printed p.2
  1. Overlapping reasons.
  2. Narrative wording differs from chart category Protect self.

Individuals

CategoryReportedPage
Human subjects329printed p.2
Subjects involved in two separate incidents7printed p.2
Subjects shot fatally5printed p.2
Police officers409printed p.2
Subjects age 30 or younger53%printed p.2
Officers involved in two or more incidents28%printed p.2
Officers age 30 or younger28%printed p.2
Officers with ten years experience or less65%printed p.2

Officer age

CategoryReportedPage
<=2519%printed p.3 age chart
26-30119%printed p.3 age chart
31-35118%printed p.3 age chart
36-40119%printed p.3 age chart
41-45117%printed p.3 age chart
46-50110%printed p.3 age chart
51-5517%printed p.3 age chart
56-6011%printed p.3 age chart
61+10%printed p.3 age chart
  1. Rounded percentages; do not infer exact counts.

Officer years of employment

CategoryReportedPage
<=5130%printed p.3 employment chart
6-10135%printed p.3 employment chart
11-15119%printed p.3 employment chart
16-20111%printed p.3 employment chart
21-2514%printed p.3 employment chart
26+12%printed p.3 employment chart
  1. Percentages total 101%, consistent with rounding.

Officers

CategoryReportedPage
Ten years experience or less266 (65%)printed p.3 narrative

Injury narrative

CategoryReportedPage
Incidents (as stated)1378printed p.3 narrative
Incidents with injured subjects56%printed p.3 narrative
  1. Narrative states injuries in 56% of 378 incidents; differs from 343 overall incidents and chart total 329 subjects.

Injured chart

CategoryReportedPage
Yes1185 (56%)printed p.3 Injured chart
No1144 (44%)printed p.3 Injured chart
  1. Chart unit interpreted as subjects; narrative refers to incidents.

Injury fatal chart

CategoryReportedPage
Yes15 (3%)printed p.3 Injury Fatal chart
No1170 (92%)printed p.3 Injury Fatal chart
N/A110 (5%)printed p.3 Injury Fatal chart
  1. N/A meaning not explained.

Agency investigations

CategoryReportedPage
Improper/unnecessary force allegations144 (11.08%)printed p.4
Within policy142 (97.37%)printed p.4
Sustained11 (2.63%)printed p.4
  1. Reported percentages do not match these counts. Outcomes account for 43 of 44 allegations; no outcome inferred for remaining case.

Year in Review appendix

CategoryReportedPage
Calls from citizens1,513,268printed p.5
Police/citizen interactions845,526printed p.5
Dispatched calls498,727printed p.5
Officer on-view346,799printed p.5
Arrests39,890printed p.5
RTR incidents343printed p.5
OIS incidents10printed p.5

Year in Review appendix rates

CategoryReportedPage
Arrests as a share of police/citizen interactions139,890 (4.71%)printed p.5
RTR incidents as a share of police/citizen interactions1343 (0.41%)printed p.5
RTR incidents as a share of arrests1343 (0.86%)printed p.5
Officer-involved shootings as a share of police/citizen interactions110 (0.001%)printed p.5
Officer-involved shootings as a share of arrests110 (0.03%)printed p.5
Officer-involved shootings as a share of RTR incidents110 (2.9%)printed p.5
  1. Ratio check only; incidents and arrests are not necessarily one-to-one.

Year in Review appendix per capita

CategoryReportedPage
Arrests11 per 24 residentsprinted p.5
RTR incidents11 per 2,700 residentsprinted p.5
Officer-involved shootings11 per 92,626 residentsprinted p.5
  1. Published 1 in N per capita; population base not provided.

Data-quality notes

What we found checking this report against itself: totals that don't match their breakdowns, percentages that don't match their counts, revisions, and changes in what a figure covers. We kept JSO's published numbers as printed rather than correcting them.

  • Conflicting counts · printed pp.1,5

    Narrative reports 39,980 arrests; table and appendix report 39,890. Existing Year in Review source 559 also reports 39,890. Neither figure has been silently replaced.

  • Category total mismatch · printed p.2

    2015 chart applications 228+217+19+6+10 total 480, while narrative total is 496. Difference 16; cause unknown.

  • Conflicting denominators · printed p.3

    Narrative states 56% of 378 incidents; overall RTR count is 343. Injured chart totals 329 (185 yes +144 no), matching human subjects. Do not equate subjects with incidents.

  • Percentage mismatch · printed p.4

    44/343*100=12.827988%, not published 11.08%.

  • Percentage mismatch · printed p.4

    Using stated 44 complaints: 42/44=95.454545%, not 97.37%; 1/44=2.272727%, not 2.63%. Even using 43 classified outcomes gives 97.674419% and 2.325581%, which do not match.

  • Incomplete breakdown · printed p.4

    42 within-policy plus 1 sustained accounts for 43 of 44 complaints. Remaining outcome unspecified.

  • Percentage mismatch · printed p.5

    343/845526*100=0.040566%, not published 0.41%.

  • Ambiguous category · printed p.2

    Narrative describes 170 (50%) protecting themselves and/or others, while chart labels 50% Protect Self and lists separate other-protection categories. Preserve separately; reasons overlap.

Definitions

How this report defines its terms, summarized from the report itself.

Response-to-Resistance (RTR) Incidents
Any incident which involves an application of force while engaging in the course of his duties. This can include responding to passive resistance, active physical resistance, non-deadly force situations, and/or deadly force situations.
Use of Force
The actual application of force whereby an officer(s) utilizes a within-policy maneuver(s) and/or technique(s) to establish control of the subject(s).
Taser
Applied force which involves the use of a conducted electrical weapon (CEW).
Physical
Physical control techniques, restraint devices, transporters, pain compliance, takedowns, and counter-moves.
Chemical
Applied force utilizing a chemical agent such as Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray.
Intermediate Weapons
Weapons used to control subject such as a baton and/or specialty impact weapon.
Firearm
Force via use of a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol.