Officer-Involved Shootings in Anchorage 1993–2013
Group: University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center
URL: http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/research/2010/1402.apd_ois/1402.01.officer_involved_shoot...
Description
This report describes situational, officer, and citizen characteristics of the 45 officer-involved shootings in Anchorage for the period 1 Jan 1993 through 11 May 2013 as recorded in Anchorage Police Department (APD) criminal investigation files. An “officer-involved shooting” is defined as an incident in which a sworn APD employee purposefully discharged a firearm with the intent of stopping a human being while acting under color of law, including firing at vehicles when the intent is to stop the vehicle. A total of 45 officer-involved shootings occurred during the 20-year study period. APD policy with regard to use of force and investigation of officer-involved shootings is also described.
Tags
law enforcement, use of force, officer-involved shooting, location, city level
Other Attributes
- Sub-location
- Statewide
- Categories
- Sectors (Govt, Non-Profit, etc)
- Non-Profit
- Formats
- PDF, HTML
- Location in resource
- N/A
- Internet Available?
- Yes
- Has population data?
- No
- Mappable?
- No
- Updated?
- No
- Frequency
- N/A
- Year(s) of Publication
- 2013
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