Research Article
Latino Officers and Their Involvement in Police Shootings
Table 2
Number of police shootings and gender and race of officer by year.
| | Year | Number of shootings | Officer gender | Officer race | | Male | Female | White | Latino | Other |
| | 1990 | 17 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 2 | | 1991 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3 | | 1992 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | | 1993 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 2 | | 1994 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | | 1995 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | | 1996 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | | 1997 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 1998 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | | 1999 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | | 2000 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | | 2001 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | | 2002 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 2003 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | 2004 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 2 | | 2005 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | | 2006 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 1 | | 2007 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | | 2008 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 1 | | 2009 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 2010 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
| | Total | 270 | 475 | 8 | 354 | 102 | 27 | | Average/year | 13 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
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Source: the studied sheriff’s department.
Note: the average/year was rounded to nearest whole number; gender was combined.
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