Transcript PowerPoint Presentatio

TASER® Non-Lethal Weapons:
Field Data as of Sept 13, 2006
TASER International
Database
Field Data for TASER® Technology
• How many agencies submit all of their use of force
reports? Conservatively we receive 1 of 10 reports
of the 9,500+ law enforcement agencies deploying
TASER technology
• Use reports can be easily filed on our web site
• www.TASER.com/law/index.html
• This field date provides critical feedback loop to the
company
– New product enhancements can be address by
knowing the needs in the field and the areas that
need improvement in technology and training as
well as know areas not to “fix”
Field Data as of Sept 13, 2006
• Estimated uses on 114,750 human
subjects in actual law enforcement field
deployments
– 11,475 documented use reports in database
– Conservatively estimate only 1 in 10 reports
submitted to the database (10 x 11,475 =
114,750)
• Over 109,000 human volunteer
exposures
Field Data as of Sept 13, 2006
Of 11,475 incidents entered into our database 11,201
indicated a “Level” of TASER device use:
• “Probes deployed” in 6,831 incidents. Success:
92.76%
• “Drive stun” in 2,571 incidents. Success: 95.79%
• “Laser only” in 1,558 incidents. Success: 98.13%
• “Spark demo” in 241 incidents. Success: 97.51%
• Overall success rate in database: 94.37%
TASER International Database
Injuries to Subjects as of Sept 13, 2006
10,485 total incidents reported
None:
10,485
91%
(Or not indicated)
Minor:
945
8%
(Puncture wounds from probes, abrasions)
Moderate:
41
0.3%
(Abrasions, skinned knee, carpet burn, testicle shot, penis
shot, cut to mouth, cuts from falling onto glass)
Severe:
4
0.034%
Agency Field Results
80%
Phoenix Police Dept
First Top-10 City to Deploy to All Patrol Officers
Suspect Injuries
2004
67%
The Field Results Are Nationwide
Putnam Co Sheriffs FL
Deputy Injuries 2005: M26 for ALL Patrol Deputies
86%
• “Not only do TASERs help our officers, but we’ve seen
far fewer injuries to the persons being arrested,
because we’re not having to fight with them. So, it’s a
win-win situation for the officer, for the suspect being
arrested and for the taxpayers, because if we’re
injured or the suspect’s injured, that’s who’s paying
the bill,” said Sheriff Dean Kelly
South Bend PD
Officer Injuries 2004
66%
• Since July 2003, TASER systems were deployed
632 times. No serious injuries have occurred
because of their use. (Journal Gazette, March
06, 2006)
• Over 200 TASER devices were deployed by
patrol officers and half of the city’s detectives.
SBPD plans to arm all 261 sworn officers by the
end of this year.
Journal Gazette, March 06, 2006
• Since July 2003, SBPD deployed TASER systems 632
times in a city with 110,000 residents, said Gary
Horvath, chief of community relations. No serious
injuries have occurred because of TASER system
use, he said.
• “Before, we used to have officers who got broken
hands or broken arms – you name it – in physical
altercations,” Horvath said. “Nowadays, instead of
having officers off for six months for various broken
bones, the worst thing we see happening to officers
are bad knees sustained in chasing people.”
• Jolts from TASERs have at least twice prevented
people from killing themselves, Horvath said.
Austin Police Dept Field Results
Officer Injuries 2004
Suspect Injuries 2004
50%
82%
• 334 uses in 2004 with 1,000 TASER devices accounting for
33.4% of all force reports
• “Much of this reduction (in injuries) can be attributed to
the availability of TASERs”
• Use of TASER devices has led to a decrease in “physical
contact between officers and subjects” and “seems to
have contributed to fewer injuries overall for officers and
fewer serious injuries for the suspects”
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Dept
Officer Injuries 2004
59%
Suspect Injuries 2004
79%
• The report revealed at least 19 cases in which
officers faced subjects with weapons and were
able to get them under control using TASER
devices instead of escalating to deadly force.
Sarasota Police Dept
Officer Injuries 2005
45%
• 127 uses in six-month period during 2005
• Officer injuries have decreased by 45 percent
• "I believe TASER (devices) have their advantages if they are
well-monitored by the review process the city of Sarasota
has put into place"
• "I'm very pleased with it so far," Police Chief Peter
Abbott said. "It's been safer for the public and for our
officers."
Omaha Police Dept
Officer Injury Comparison 2003-2005
90
80
70
60
50
2003
2004
2005
40
30
20
10
0
Use of Force Injuries to Officers
Officer injuries dropped 47% after implementing the TASER X26*
* Deployment of only 59 TASER X26s over three shifts.
* Injuries to officers sustained during the physical arrest of a suspect.
Omaha Police Dept
Officer Injury Comparison 2003-2005
33%
Officer injuries
dropped 47% after
implementing the
TASER X26*
21%
47%
* Injuries to officers sustained during the physical arrest of a suspect.
El Paso Police Dept
Officer Assaults 2005
59%
• 29,000 arrests each year.
• In 2002, with no TASER systems deployed there were 506 officer
assaults. In 2003, when nearly every officer carried an TASER
device, assaults on officers dropped to 378. By 2004, the
department reported fewer than 300 officer assaults. In 2005, police
officials said they should be about equal to or fewer than the 298
assaults reported in 2004. (59% decrease.)
• Chief Richard Wiles said the decrease in assaults is beneficial to the
department and to taxpayers because it reduces workers
compensation claims filed by officers.
Cincinnati Police Dept
Officer Injuries
2003
Officer Assaults
2003
70%
70%
• As of June 30, 2004, Cincinnati PD deployed and equipped
1,050 officers with TASER X26s
• 798 out of 1,050 officers volunteered to feel the effects of 5second cycle with no negative effects
• In the past six months, CPD has had over 300 deployments
of the TASER X26 since it began its field deployment on
January 26, 2004
Cincinnati Police Dept
1,041 Field Results
Officer Injuries
2004
Suspect Injuries
2004
56%
35%
Citizen Complaints
2003
Traditional Overall
Use of Force
50%
50%
Columbus Police Dept
6-month Field 2005 Results
Officer Injuries
Prisoner Injuries
Citizen Complaints of
Excessive Force
23%
24%
25%
Impact
Weapons Use
25%
Strikes, Punches & Kicks
32%
OC Spray Use
38%
Columbus Police Dept
2005 6-month Field Results
• There were 12 documented incidents where
subjects attempting suicide were stopped and
taken into custody preventing the deaths.
• There were 14 incidents officers responded to
where deadly force was justified, but officers
were able to use time, distance, and barriers to
deploy the TASER system as the response
verse using deadly force to control the subjects.
Madison Police Dept Field Results
MPD’s Review of TASER Field Data from January 2005
• “MPD’s deployment of the TASER has reduced injuries to
officers and suspects resulting” from use-of-force
encounters.
• “MPD’s deployment of the TASER has reduced MPD
officers’ utilization of deadly force.”
• “The TASER has proven to be a safe and effective use-offorce tool.”
• “MPD officers are deploying the TASER in an appropriate
manner.”
• Citizen complaints concerning TASER devices: 0
• Avoidance of lethal force by deploying TASER
devices: 6
6
Officer Involved Shootings
Use of Force Data
Orange County Sheriffs, Florida
# of Incidents
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Chemical
# of Incidents
Physical 14
12
Impact Rounds
K9
10
Batons
8
TASER
6
4
2
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
300
263
221
154
78
75
52
70
13
1
0
Firearms Use
2
-
62
60
48
70
27
21
13
12
0
3
228
482
5
Year
4
0
Use of Force Data
Orange County Sheriffs, Florida
# of Incidents
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
Chemical
300
263
221
154
Physical
78
75
52
70
0
1
2
K9
62
60
48
70
Batons
27
21
13
12
TASER
0
3
228
482
Impact Rounds
Year
-
Phoenix Police Dept Field Results
First Top-10 City to Deploy to All Patrol Officers
(1,500 TASER devices)
Officer Involved Shootings in 2003 vs. 2002
54%
Oklahoma City PD Field Results
Officer Involved Shootings from 2001 to 2003
2002
58%
2003
15%
Oklahoma City officers were involved in 12 shootings in 2000, in which
five suspects were killed. In 2001, the year Oklahoma City bought its
TASER devices, officer-involved shootings dropped to seven. That
number dropped to five in 2002, and there were six in 2003. Three
shootings have been reported so far this year in 2004 as of July 6, 2004.
Seattle Police Dept Field Results
Officer Involved Shootings in 2003 vs. Past 15 Years: Zero
100%
• For the first time in 15 years, the Seattle Police
Department did not have a single fatal shooting involving
an officer in year 2003 (0 shootings = 100% decline)
• "We think a large part of what happened in '03 was a
result of TASERs,“ said Seattle Police Chief R. Gil
Kerlikowske"
Miami Police Dept Field Results
Physical Controls and Firearm Discharges
(These are not correlations)
Physical Controls
• 2000: 493
• 2001: 303
• 2002: 100
• 2003: 103
Firearm Discharges
2000: 24
2001: 18
2002: 12
2003: 0
Long Beach, CA PD Field Results
Injuries to Officers
Damage claims
25%
33%
• During July of 2004 - June of 2005
• 92% of the 342 TASER deployments resulted in
minor to no injuries (arrests increased 2%)
• “The TASER has shown to be a promising and
long-term solution for a safe and effective less
lethal weapon”
Workman’s Comp
Granite City, IL Police Department
Worker's Comp Expense
$740,172
$800,000
$700,000
$600,000
$500,000
$454,192
TASER Introduced
$400,000
$300,000
$200,000
$-
$100,000
$-
2001
2002
2003
$-
2004
Year
• 2002: At risk of being privately un-insurable
• TASER as part of 3 element plan eliminated injuries for 2 years
(through Sept 17, 2004)
Omaha Police Department
Workers Compensation Expenditures 2003-2005
$350,000.00
$300,000.00
$250,000.00
$200,000.00
2003
$150,000.00
$100,000.00
2004
$50,000.00
$0.00
Use of Force Injuries to Officers
Workers Compensation expenditures dropped 45% after
implementing the TASER X26*
* Injuries sustained during the physical arrest of a suspect.
Omaha Police Department
Workers Compensation Expenditures 2003-2005
Details: Work Comp expenditures dropped by 74% in a 5 month
period after implementing the TASER X26*
$140,000.00
Jan-May
$120,000.00
$100,000.00
28 Injuries
$120,877
$80,000.00
Jan-May
$60,000.00
Jun-Dec
$40,000.00
$20,000.00
$0.00
Jun-Dec
29 Injuries
$31,549
Us e of Force Injurie s to Office rs
* Expenditures for injuries sustained during the physical arrest of a
suspect.
Arrests and TASER Reports
Ft Myers 2004 Arrest Results
Lee County Sheriff’s Office
• 14,280 total arrests
• 328 arrestees resisted
• 310 incidents in which TASER system deployed (or
roughly two per every 100 arrests)
Ft Myers Police Department
15%
• 7,832 total arrests
• 577 arrestees resisted (267 required force)
• 105 incidents in which TASER system deployed
• "The TASER is the most effective tool that's ever been given to law enforcement,"
Lee Chitwood, Lee County Sheriff's Office said. “We think it's a valuable tool," he
said. "We're going to continue to use it."
• Both Fort Myers police and the sheriff's office assert there was no inappropriate
use of the TASER system in 2004.
• Investigations into two recent deaths are ongoing, but law enforcement officials
have said they believe the deceased displayed symptoms of excited delirium.
Colorado 2005 Stats Only
• Denver Police Department:
– 73 uses during 66,988 arrests. 0.1% of all arrests
• Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department:
– 23 uses during 10,825 arrests. 0.24% of all arrests
15%
• Grand Junction Police Department:
– 56 uses during 5,178 arrests. Approx 1% of all arrests.
• Pueblo Police Department:
– 31 uses during its 8,804 arrests. 0.35% of all arrests
• Mesa County Sheriff’s Department:
– 18 uses during 1,804 arrests. Approx 1% of all arrests.
• Montrose Police Department:
– 5 uses during 692 arrests. 0.7% of all arrests
Colorado 2005 Stats Only
• Rifle Police Department:
– Deployed TASER devices in 1.2% of its arrests
• Longmont Police Department:
15%
– Reported that TASER devices were used in 1.7% of its
arrests
• All other state law enforcement agencies
surveyed, with exception of the Longmont and
Rifle police departments, reported using TASER
devices in a lower percentage of arrests last year.
– Stats courtesy of: Mike Saccone, - Saturday, June 17th, 2006
“The Daily Sentinel” in Grand Junction, CO
Chico CA Police Study
• A current study 15 by Chico Police Department
reveals the following from year 2003 (no TASER
devices) to 2004 (with TASER technology):
15%
– Officer injuries declined by 50%
– Suspect injuries declined by 16%
– Use of Force cases increased 53%
• Source: Executive summary: Report on the Use of Force incidents at
Chico Police Department 2003-2004
Chico CA Police Study
In the years 2003 and 2004 combined:
Comparison of Injuries
TASER Technology Reduces Injuries
80%
70%
Suspect
Injured
79%
60%
50%
53%
40%
40%
20%
Baton
0%
2% 0%
Suspect
Taken to
Ground
2%
10%
Force Type
TASER
Deployed
30%
Officer
Injured /
Affected
Chico CA Police Study Findings
• “All of the law enforcement departments surveyed
appear to have adequate training on the use of
TASER (systems).”
• “Injuries to suspects and officers have been minimal
with the use of TASER (systems).”
• “No deaths were reported as a result of a TASER
use.”
• “TASER (systems) have been an effective option to
other types of force to reduce injuries to both peace
officers and suspects.”
15%
Omaha Police Department
250,000
911 Calls for
Service
200,000
Criminal
Arrests
150,000
TASER X26
Deployments
100,000
50,000
0
2003
2004
2005
Get the Results Out
MOBILE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE
POLICE USE TASER FOR LAST-MINUTE RESCUES
February 2, 2005
Shortly after midnight today, police confronted a woman in a west Mobile apartment holding a knife above her head and
threatening to kill herself. Officers repeatedly asked the woman to drop the weapon. But instead she raised it above her
head and pointed it at her chest, at which time an officer drew his Taser gun and deployed it long enough to disarm her
and take her into custody.
These kinds of scenarios are becoming more frequent as it becomes increasingly clear that the Taser gun can be a safe
and effective weapon for law enforcement. “We are saving lives and reducing injuries,” said Police Chief Sam
Cochran. “Unfortunately, the public doesn’t see the hundreds of incidents that de-escalate from a potentially
violent level.”
Only two weeks ago, police subdued another dangerous subject without injury, again by use of a Taser gun. In this
incident, police were summoned mid-afternoon to an apartment in Orange Grove. A woman reported that her husband,
armed with a gun, had threatened her earlier in the day, kicked in a door and was destroying furniture and other
property.
Police arrived on the scene to find a 28-year-old man wielding a knife in an apartment littered with broken furniture and
glass. As police tried to talk him into surrender, he refused and threatened to use the knife on himself. Police deployed
the Taser and were able to bring the 200-pound individual into custody.
Statistics tell the story of how the Taser gun has provided needed options for volatile situations. Use of force
remained almost constant in 2004 over the previous year. But Taser use increased from 91 to 159 from 2003 to
2004, a result partly of the availability of the Taser gun, which was distributed to all patrol officers mid-year.
For the same two year periods, the number of times police had to wrestle subjects into custody was cut almost in
half, a factor that clearly reduced the injuries associated with physical restraint incidents.
A Taser is an electronic gun that delivers 50,000 volts of electricity, causing muscles to contract and lock up
temporarily.
66
Dallas PD: In 23 of 429 deployments, the TASER X26
prevented the high likelihood of deadly force since
October 28, 2005:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
11/2/04, EDP subject charged officers with a hammer.
12/28/04, aggravated robbery suspect armed with handgun; refused verbal commands.
1/1/05, disturbance call; man possibly armed with rifle, AP was armed with 12” saw and yelled at officers to
shoot him.
2/25/05, EDP subject held 8” blade butcher knife to his throat.
3/3/05, AP had handgun in his possession and fought with officers.
3/21/05, call on a man with a gun, As officers searched suspect he ran and dumped gun, before fighting with
officers who caught up with him.
4/2/05, during warrant, AP fought with officers, grabbed butcher knife and held to his own throat.
4/5/05, EDP suspect armed with scissors fought with officers.
4/16/05, AP threatened suicide with .380 handgun, set gun down and a TASER system was deployed when he
attempted to pick gun back up.
4/27/05, attempted suicide, charged officers and firemen with butcher knife raised above head.
5/10/05, aggravated robbery suspect, rammed officer’s vehicle and then fought with officers.
5/13/05, drug dealer ran from officers and stopped by a TASER device while holding gun in his hand trying to
flee.
5/22/05, AP turned toward officers while holding a .38 revolver.
5/29/05, EDP standing in street swinging a 30” sword while threatening police and citizens.
6/5/05, traffic stop, while fighting with officers had 9mm handgun fall from waistband.
6/12/05, suspect waiving gun in air, ran from police, when confronted took fighting stance.
6/25/05, drug induced suspect hid under bed covers and threatened officers that he had a gun.
7/5/05, fought with officers while he had a 7” blade butcher knife concealed in sock.
7/20/05, attempted to take officers weapon.
7/26/05, robbery by assault suspect (280 lbs.) fought with officers.
8/7/05, suspect armed with handgun while fighting officers.
9/7/05, suspect armed with knife while fighting police.
9/19/05, suspect armed with knife while fighting with police.
Steve Tuttle
Vice President of Communications
Email:
Phone:
[email protected]
480-905-2006