Baltimore Police Department

Dataset: Officer Involved Shootings

Last Updated January 19, 2021

The information in this dataset is taken from incident reports in BPD's nine patrol districts. Details of past incidents may change over time based upon further investigation, administrative process, or when human or mechanical error is discovered and corrected. Please contact BPD if you have any questions.

Fields included in this dataset and their definitions:

Field	Information
Id	A unique identifier for a given incident. A single incident may contain multiple officers and residents. When that is the case, there will be multiple entries for one incident number.
Case Number	The case number of the incident.
Service Type	The service the officer was performing when the incident occurred.
Occurred Date	The date that the incident occurred.
Received Date	The date that the report of the incident was received.
Completed Date	The date that the investigation of the incident was completed.
Assignment	The officer's assignment at the time of the incident.
Has Disposition	True if an investigation into the incident has reached a disposition. BPD is prohibited from providing the specific rulings and recommendations of the Performance Review Board by Md. Code. Ann., General Provisions Article 4-311(a).
Resident Identifier	An identifier, unique to a single incident, for a resident.
Resident Race	The resident's race.
Resident Sex	The resident's gender.
Resident Age	The resident's age at the time of the incident, if known.
Resident Weapon Used	A weapon the resident had at the time of the incident, if any.
Resident Condition	Injuries the resident sustained, if any.
Officer Identifier	A unique identifier for an individual officer.
Officer Race	The officer's race.
Officer Sex	The officer's gender.
Officer Age	The officer's age at the time of the incident.
Officer Years of Service	The number of years the officer had been employed at the time of the incident.
Officer Weapon Used	The firearm or other weapon the officer used.
Officer Condition	Injuries the officer sustained, if any.