Baltimore Police Department

Dataset: Use of Force Incidents

Last Updated December 16, 2019

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 uses of force, officers, and residents. When that is the case, there will be multiple rows of data for one incident.
Case Number	The case number of the incident.
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.
Use of Force Reason	The reason the officer used force.
Officer Force Type	The type of force that was used by the officer in the incident.
Service Type	The reason for the interaction.
Arrest Made	Whether the resident was arrested as part of the incident.
Arrest Charges	If the resident was arrested as part of the incident, what they were charged with.
Resident Injured	TRUE if the resident was injured during the incident, FALSE if the resident was not injured.
Resident Hospitalized	TRUE if the resident was hospitalized during the incident, FALSE if the resident was not hospitalized.
Resident Condition	Injuries the resident sustained, if any.
Officer Injured	TRUE if the officer was injured during the incident, FALSE if the officer was not injured.
Officer Hospitalized	TRUE if the officer was hospitalized during the incident, FALSE if the officer was not hospitalized.
Officer Condition	Injuries the officer sustained, if any.
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.
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 Identifier	A unique identifier for an individual officer.