Latino Officers and Their Involvement in Police Shootings

Table 3

Changes in racial composition and shooting incidents by decade.

Change in characteristics	1990–1999	2000–2010^a	δ	RR^b
White population, county	57.9^c	45.4^c	−21.5	0.716
White population, department	74.5	69.4	−6.9	2.231
White officer shootings	140.3^d	118.7^d	−15.4
Latino population, county	31.4	41.0	30.6	4.016
Latino population, department	17.5	24.1	37.7	3.260
Latino officer shootings	23.3^d	51.9^d	122.9
Other race population, county	10.7	13.6	26.7	0.686
Other race population, department	8.0	6.4	−20.5	1.898
Other race officer shootings	12.7^d	7.8^d	−38.9

Notes: ^aCounty population is based on 2000 through 2008.
^bRate ratios were calculated based on change in shootings relative to change in population.
^cNumbers are population sizes summed and averaged for the decade.
^dNumbers are the percentage of officers involved in shooting incidents and averaged for the decade. As a reminder, there were more officers than shooting incidents. This accounts for the elevated percentage.