According to NYPD statistics, in 2017 police new York used weapons less frequently than in 2016 and any years before that. There are 27 conflict situations, where officers used the weapons in the current year, compared with 37 incidents in the past year, 59 in 2009 and 147 in 1996.
According to the data, 32 officers were involved in shootings in 2017, completing a total of 170 shots, 75 of them reached the goal. Last year 70 officers produced 304 of the shothitting the target 107 times.
Statistics covers data on suicide and accidental shots.
Thus, the police managed to reach a «record low» of the use of weapons in 2017, said The New York Post inspector Kevin Maloney has beeninvolved in the internal investigation of the circumstances of use of police weapons.
At the same time, the number of cases of using other non-lethal non-lethal weapons such as stun guns, has increased. For the first 11 months, these funds have been used 2300 times, or 39% more than the same period in 2016. In 2015, these devices were used 1772 times in 2014 – the 700th time.
The Directors believe the NYPD, the active use of wearable cameras has played an important role in the reduction of cases of use of firearms by police officers.
