The report also highlights racial disparities in shootings by police.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.New York City police officers shot more people in 2021 than they did in the previous year, but fewer people died, according to the NYPD’s latestThe report shows that police officers shot 21 people in 2021, six fatally, marking a major drop from 16 deadly shootings in 2012. The report said 95% of people that police shot at — including those who were not hit — were Black or Latino.
“There’s always room for improvement,” said Peter Moskos, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former police officer. “If you don’t sort of work to improve, you’re probably going to go backward.” The report also highlights a major drop in officers’ shooting accuracy in recent years. The NYPD tracks what it calls the “objective completion rate,” which is the percentage of firearm discharges that “ultimately stops the threat.” That number was 53% in 2021, up slightly from 48% in 2020. Those rates mark a stark decrease from 2016-2019, when the percentage ranged from 83% to 96%.
Nearly all the people that police shot at in 2021 were people of color — 47.5% were Black and 47.5% were Latino. Just 5% were white. Meanwhile, 40% of officers who fired their weapons were white, 40% were Latino, 18% were Black and 2% were Asian.
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