Examples of Type I use of force in a sentence
Officers will document a Type I use of force in a searchable and retrievable 3 format that contains the following information: 1) an account of the officer’s actions in using 4 force; 2) the suspect’s actions that led to the application of force; 3) the identity of the officer 5 who used force; 4) the names of other officers or identified witnesses present; and 5) the name of 6 the supervisor screening the incident.
SPD classifies controlled placements/takedowns as a Type I use of force, generally requiring Blue Team documentation but no further investigation.
Use of Force Subjects by Gender.Use of Force Subjects by Gender July 1, 2014 to October 31, 2016 Gender Female subjects were much more likely to be involved in a Type I use of force than in a Type II-or-greater use of force.
While they made up nearly a quarter of subjects in a Type I use of force, they comprised just ten percent of subjects in the more serious types of force.
For example, we reviewed a case where an officer had accumulated 17 EIS threshold incidents – including eight instances involving pain from handcuffing -- and was in the top one percent of officers with Type I use of force incidents.
Further, DOJ and the Monitoring Team requested and received a randomly generated sample of force case files, comprised of 10% of all Type I use of force cases from the period from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 (69 case files) and 20% of all Type II use of force cases from the period from July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018 (15 case files).
Figure 2: Use of Force Trends Citywide Type I force continued to decline significantly, with small, bordering on medium, effect.4 Type II force was observed to decline significantly, with medium effect.5 Type III force, which occurs so infrequently as to be considered a statistically random event, accordingly showed no significant trends across the time series.One particular subcategory of force within Type I use of force should be noted.
OPA found this event should have been documented and reported as a Type I use of force, and the two officers should have been ordered to complete such documentation.
During the same period in 2019, SPD officers reported 490 Type I uses of force and 442 “handcuff discomfort only.” As anticipated, early reports indicate that the numbers of Type I use of force reports will decline with the change in handcuffing policy.
In response, SPD changed the review template used by captains to prompt more analysis and is developing a use of force review training for lieutenants and captains that will occur in 2019.• The DOJ and the Monitoring Team expressed concerns about “cut and pasted” reviews done by the chain of command and assumed this resulted from too many Type I use of force reports, many which arose from complaints of handcuffing pain.