Here are some facts and figures from the 2010-2011 Deadly Force Statistical Analysis issued by Metro Police:
* There were 18 officer-involved shootings in 2011, down from 25 in 2010. But the 12 fatal shootings in 2011 was a record for one year.
* Males accounted for all but one of the 43 shooting subjects in that two-year period. The average age of the subjects was 30.2 years old in 2010 and 35.1 in 2011.
* The share of Hispanic shooting subjects rose from 20 percent in 2010 to 56 percent in 2011. Conversely, the share of white subjects dropped from 48 percent to 17 percent and the share of black subjects declined from 32 percent to 22 percent. Overall, non-white individuals made up 83 percent of the shooting subjects in 2011, compared to 52 percent in 2010.
"Based on local demographics, a disproportionate share of (shooting) subjects in 2010 and 2011 were African-Americans," the report stated. "This fact should be considered in context with police allocation of resources to areas within (Metro's) jurisdiction, police and citizen interactions, and demographics of high-crime areas.
"To this, subject demographics, particularly race and ethnicity, is an area (Metro) should be aware of and continue to discuss as it relates to fairness in constitutional policing."
* Of Metro's eight area commands the Northwest Area Command had the most officer-involved shootings with 11 in 2010 and 2011 combined.
* The fatality rate for indoor officer-involved shootings was 66 percent higher than for outdoor shootings over the two-year period. The officer and the subjects were separated by an average of 10 feet indoors and 37 feet outdoors. Only 20 percent of the shootings were indoors in 2010 but that increased to 44 percent in 2011.
* Significantly more shots were fired per officer and per incident in 2011, 4.7 and 7 respectively, than in 2010, when it was 3.8 and 5.6 shots respectively. That translates to increases of 24 percent in shots fired per officer and 25 percent in shots fired per incident.
"The high (officer-involved shooting) lethality in 2011 may be due in part to the increased number of rounds being fired at subjects," the report stated.
* There were 27 officers involved in shootings in 2011, firing a combined 126 rounds. The actual number of shots fired per incident ranged from a high of 44 to a low of one, which occurred six times.
* Of the 2011 shooting subjects, 67 percent had prior violent criminal convictions, compared to 32 percent in 2010.
* Of the 2011 shooting subjects, 33 percent were suicidal or exhibited suicidal tendencies, compared to 16 percent in 2010.
* Some 67 percent of the 2011 subjects possessed firearms and 28 percent instigated an officer-involved shooting by shooting at police. In 2010, 56 percent of the subjects had firearms and 16 percent instigated shootings by firing at police. In both 2010 and 2011, there were 11 subjects with pistols and one with a shotgun. Two of the 2010 subjects had rifles.
* The share of unarmed shooting subjects dropped from 24 percent in 2010 to 17 percent in 2011.
* The officer-involved shooting rate in 2011 was 1.24 per 100,000 residents, down from 1.5 per capita in 2001.
