Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1)
Beginning July 12, 2021, all state, county and municipal law enforcement
agencies shall report incidents of use of force by sworn law enforcement
officers within its respective agency to the ALEA State Bureau of
Investigations (SBI) Criminal Justice Information Services Division
(CJIS).
(2) SBI CJIS shall provide
a uniform method of collectinguse of force information that complies with
federal use of force reporting standards.
(3) The following types of use of force shall
be reported:
(a) Fatality occurred in
connection to Use-of-force by a law enforcement officer.
(b) Serious bodily injury occurred in
connection to Use-of-force by a law enforcement officer.
(c) Firearm discharged toward a person by a
law enforcement officer (no fatality nor bodily injury).
(4) The information collected for Use of
Force reporting shall include the following:
(a) Information related to the date and time
of the incident to include:
1. Total number
of officers who applied actual force during the incident.
2. Number of officers from the reporting
agency who applied actual force during the incident.
3. Location of the incident (address or
latitude/longitude).
4. Location
type of the incident (street, business, residence, restaurant, school,
etc.)
5. Did the officer(s)
approach the subject(s)?
6. Was it
an ambush incident?
7. Was a
supervisor or a senior officer acting in a supervisory capacity present or
consulted at any point during the incident?
8. What was the reason for the initial
contact between the subject and the officer (response to unlawful or suspicious
activity, routine patrol, traffic stop, etc.)?
9. If the initial contact was due to
"unlawful or criminal activity," what were the most serious reported offenses
committed by the subject prior to or at the time of the incident?
10. If applicable, the reporting agency will
enter the National Incident-Based Reporting System or local incident number of
the report detailing the criminal incident information on the subjectand/or
assault or homicide of a law enforcement officer.
11. If the incident involved multiple law
enforcement agencies, the agency will include case numbers for the local
use-of- force reports at the other agencies.
(b)
1.
Injury/death of subject(s) (gunshot wound, apparent broken bones,
unconsciousness, etc.)
2.
Information on the Subject will include the following: Age, sex, race,
ethnicity, height, and weight.
3.
Type(s) of force use connected to serious bodily injury or death (firearm,
electronic control weapon, explosive device, blunt instrument, etc.)
4. Did the subject(s) resist?
5. Was the threat by the subject(s) directed
to the officer or to another party?
6. Type(s) of subject resistance/weapon
involvement (threatened officer, threatened others, threatened self, active
aggression, firearm, attempt to flee, etc.)
7. Was there an apparent or known impairment
in the physical condition of subject? If yes, indicate which (mental
health/alcohol/drugs/unknown).
8.
At any time during the incident, was the subject(s) armed or believed to be
armed with a weapon?
(c)
Information regarding the Officer shall include the following:
1. Age, sex, race, ethnicity, height, and
weight
2. Years of service as a law
enforcement officer (total tenure, number of years)
3. At the time of the incident, was the
officer a full- time employee?
4.
Was the officer readily identifiable?
5. Was the officer on duty at the time of the
incident?
6. Did the officer
discharge a firearm?
7. Was the
officer injured?
8. What was the
officer's injury type (gunshot wound, apparent broken bones, severe laceration,
unconsciousness, etc.)
(5) SBI CJIS will collect this information
through eCrime once this reporting is added to eCrime. For agencies that do not
use the eCrime UOF reporting capability, they shall report via a farm provide
by SBI CJIS.
(6) The information
collected by SBI CJIS will not be made public by ALEA. Any inquiry regarding a
reported incident shall be only be provided by the reporting agency.
(7) SBI CJIS shall submit use of force data
to the FBI per federal rules.
(8)
SBI CJIS shall create an annual use of force report that will not contain
personal information regarding any particular report, but a general report for
the Commission. The Commission, upon a majority vote, may release the report to
the public.
