Open Data Reports

JSO Open Data Report 2016

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 2016reportAccessed 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, printed1=PDF2. Narrative/chart/appendix values preserved separately. Counts distinguish applications, incidents, people and officers. Rounded percentages do not establish exact counts. Printed p.4 says JSO requested a full-time position to review all RTR incident reports in addition to chain-of-command review; this is a proposal, not confirmation of creation. Agency conclusion of compliance is an agency assessment, not independently verified. Report describes required member and witness RTR reports, chain-of-command review, possible Director/RTR Board/Internal Affairs review, firearm discharge review and Cold Case Homicide investigation of discharges directed at individuals. Annual/basic/in-service/additional academy training and specialized retraining are described. Printed p.3 requires aid/medical evaluation for observed or alleged injury. Age shares total102%, tenure99%, and age<=30 bins35% versus narrative34%; rounding may account for these.

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 table

CategoryReportedPage
Interactions814,153printed p.1
Arrests37,789printed p.1
RTR incidents384printed p.1
Officer-involved shootings9printed p.1

Historical comparison

CategoryReportedPage
RTR incidents2015343printed p.1
RTR increase over 2015112%printed p.1
Physical force increase over 2011-2015 average258%printed p.1
  1. 41/343=11.953%, rounds to12%.
  2. Underlying five-year average not provided; metric basis not explicit. Cannot independently verify.

Force applications

CategoryReportedPage
Total560printed p.2
Taser20151228printed p.2
Taser2246 (44%)printed p.2
Physical20151217printed p.2
Physical2271 (48%)printed p.2
Chemical2015119printed p.2
Chemical223printed p.2
Impact201516printed p.2
Impact25printed p.2
Firearm2015110printed p.2
Firearm29printed p.2
  1. Historical chart value.
  2. Chart total554 differs from narrative560. Applications distinct from incidents.

OIS

CategoryReportedPage
OIS / RTR incidents9 (2.3%)printed p.2

Reasons chart

CategoryReportedPage
Overcome resistance191%printed p.2
Protect self149%printed p.2
Protect other officer128%printed p.2
Protect citizen117%printed p.2
Protect prisoner17%printed p.2
Protect property14%printed p.2
Unintentional12%printed p.2
Overpower animal threat11%printed p.2
Other13%printed p.2
  1. Overlapping categories; exact counts not inferred.

Reasons narrative

CategoryReportedPage
Overcome resistance349 (91%)printed p.2
Protect self and/or others1188 (49%)printed p.2
  1. Narrative scope differs from chart Protect Self.

Individuals

CategoryReportedPage
Human subjects381printed p.2
Subjects in two separate incidents6printed p.2
Subjects shot fatally1printed p.2
Police officers470printed p.2
Subjects age30 or younger53%printed p.2
Officers in two or more incidents36%printed p.2
Officers age30 or younger34%printed p.2
Officers tenure10 years or less72%printed p.2

Officer age

CategoryReportedPage
<=25110%printed p.3
26-30125%printed p.3
31-35119%printed p.3
36-40120%printed p.3
41-45114%printed p.3
46-5018%printed p.3
51-5514%printed p.3
56-6011%printed p.3
61+11%printed p.3
  1. Rounded shares total102%; <=30 bins sum35% versus narrative34%, potentially rounding.

Officer years of employment

CategoryReportedPage
<=5143%printed p.3
6-10129%printed p.3
11-15114%printed p.3
16-2018%printed p.3
21-2514%printed p.3
26+11%printed p.3
  1. Rounded shares total99%.

Officers

CategoryReportedPage
Ten years experience or less338 (72%)printed p.3

Injury narrative

CategoryReportedPage
Incidents as stated1378printed p.3
Injured62%printed p.3
  1. Overall384 RTR incidents,381 human subjects; scope of378 unclear.

Injured chart

CategoryReportedPage
Yes1236 (62%)printed p.3
No1142 (38%)printed p.3
  1. Chart total378. Unit not reconciled with381 human subjects or384 incidents.

Injury fatal chart

CategoryReportedPage
Yes11 (0%)printed p.3
No1228 (97%)printed p.3
N/A17 (3%)printed p.3
  1. Sum236 matches injured chart. Published0% represents rounded nonzero fatality count. N/A not defined.

Agency review

CategoryReportedPage
Allegations144 (11.46%)printed p.4
Within policy142 (95.45%)printed p.4
Termination11 (2.27%)printed p.4
Open11printed p.4
  1. Outcome at time of report; do not infer later disposition.

Year in Review appendix

CategoryReportedPage
Calls from citizens1,537,376printed p.5
Interactions814,153printed p.5
Dispatched calls498,150printed p.5
Officer on-view316,003printed p.5
Arrests37,789printed p.5
RTR incidents384printed p.5
Officer-involved shootings9printed p.5

Year in Review appendix rates

CategoryReportedPage
Arrests as a share of police/citizen interactions137,789 (4.64%)printed p.5
RTR incidents as a share of police/citizen interactions1384 (0.47%)printed p.5
RTR incidents as a share of arrests1384 (1.02%)printed p.5
Officer-involved shootings as a share of police/citizen interactions19 (0.001%)printed p.5
Officer-involved shootings as a share of arrests19 (0.02%)printed p.5
Officer-involved shootings as a share of RTR incidents19 (2.34%)printed p.5
  1. Arithmetic ratio only; incidents and arrests not necessarily one-to-one.

Per capita appendix

CategoryReportedPage
Arrests11 per 25 residentsprinted p.5
RTR incidents11 per 2,412 residentsprinted p.5
Officer-involved shootings11 per 102,917 residentsprinted p.5
  1. Reported 1 in N; population base not supplied.

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.

  • Category total mismatch · printed p.2

    246+271+23+5+9=554 applications in chart; narrative560. Difference6 unexplained.

  • Ambiguous denominator · printed pp.2-3

    Injury chart236+142=378, narrative calls these378 incidents. Report overall384 incidents and381 human subjects. Scope and missing cases unexplained; preserve all totals.

  • Percentage mismatch · printed p.5

    384/814153*100=0.047166%, not reported0.47%. Approximately tenfold discrepancy.

  • Ambiguous category · printed p.2

    Narrative188(49%) protects self and/or others; chart49% Protect Self separately lists protection of others. Categories overlap.

  • Unverifiable comparison · printed p.1

    Reported58% increase over2011-2015 average cannot be verified from this report: underlying average and whether comparison concerns count or share not explicit.

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.