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Table 1 Estimated disparity in police use of force and suspect injury for persons with serious mental illness (PwSMI) in Census tracts and police precincts relative to persons without serious mental illness (relative risk)

From: Measuring disparities in police use of force and injury among persons with serious mental illness

 

Use of Force

Suspect Injury

Census Tract

Police Precinct

Census Tract

Police Precinct

PwSMI

11.59

10.18

10.70

11.59

(10.7, 12.55)

(8.85, 11.82)

(9.58, 11.82)

(9.87, 13.74)

2012

0.87

0.90

0.84

0.89

(0.74, 1.02)

(0.64, 1.27)

(0.67, 1.06)

(0.61, 1.27)

2013

1.34

1.38

1.40

1.42

(1.13, 1.57)

(0.96, 1.97)

(1.12, 1.77)

(0.97, 2.05)

2014

1.32

1.32

1.34

1.34

(1.13, 1.57)

(0.91, 1.88)

(1.06, 1.68)

(0.9, 1.95)

2015

1.20

1.27

1.31

1.31

(1.02, 1.42)

(0.9, 1.8)

(1.05, 1.63)

(0.9, 1.92)

2016

1.02

1.46

0.90

1.34

(0.84, 1.22)

(0.96, 2.2)

(0.7, 1.15)

(0.84, 2.1)

σβ

1.61

1.12

1.7

1.22

Φ

1.23

3.27

0.85

2.92

N

5978

268

5978

268

  1. Notes: Data from the National Justice Database and several public police departments. Numbers in parentheses give 95% credible intervals