Cambridgeshire Constabulary USE OF FORCE SUMMARY 3 rd Quarter 2018-19 (October December 2018) Cambridgeshire Constabulary No. Oct-18 360 Nov-18 453 Dec-18 432 Total 1245
Frequency of Use of Force by Type - Cambridgeshire Constabulary No. % of all records Tactical Communications 1015 82% Handcuff 717 58% UDT 679 55% Limb Restraint 122 10% PAVA Incapacitant 90 7% Spit Protection 31 2% TASER 49 4% Baton 11 1% Conventional Firearm (inc AEP Baton Launcher) 3 0% Shield (Short, Medium, Long) 4 0% Police Dog 0 0% Improvised 125 10%..IN ALL RECORDS 1245 100% Effectiveness of Use of Force by Type, Techniques used - Cambridgeshire Constabulary No. Effective % of all records Tactical Communications 1015 331 33% Handcuff 847 798 94% UDT 1086 964 89% Limb Restraint 120 117 98% PAVA Incapacitant 87 66 76% Spit Protection 31 28 90% TASER (1st cartridge, other than Drawn only) 80 54 68% Baton (other than Drawn only) 3 2 67% Conventional Firearm (other than Drawn only, inc AEP Baton Launcher) 2 2 100% Shield (Short, Medium, Long) 4 4 100% Police Dog 0 0 NA Improvised 122 112 92%..IN ALL RECORDS 1245
Injury to the Subject as a result of the Use of Force - Minor 102 95% Severe 5 5% Fatal / Likely to prove 0 0% All Injury 107 100% INJURY TO SUBJECT, % OF ALL RECORDS 1245 9% SACMILL Referral required 0 MINOR INJURY: Requiring no more than simple first aid, such as a bruise or graze SEVERE INJURY: Requiring medical attention, such as a deep cut, laceration, fracture, damage to internal organ, impairment of any bodily function SACMILL Referral Severe or Fatal injury resulting from TASER or AEP Baton Launcher. These events are referred to the Home Office, for external scrutiny. Use of Force and the Mental Health of the Subject - Use of Force in Mental Health facility 14 1% Mental Health of Subject as 'Impact Factor' in decision to use force Subject was believed to have a Mental Health Disability (not Impact Factor) 231 19% 243 20%
Age range of the Subject of the Use of Force - Aged 10 or under 1 0% White / White British 1 100% 11-17 82 7% Asian / Asian British 7 9% Black / Black British 5 6% Don't know 2 2% Mixed 8 10% Other ethnic origin 2 2% Unknown 1 1% White / White British 57 70% 18-34 741 60% Asian / Asian British 38 5% Black / Black British 56 8% Chinese 1 0% Don't know 7 1% Mixed 13 2% Other ethnic origin 53 7% Unknown 1 0% White / White British 572 77% 35-49 299 24% Asian / Asian British 9 3% Black / Black British 13 4% Don't know 2 1% Mixed 2 1% Other ethnic origin 23 8% Unknown 3 1% White / White British 247 83% 50-64 97 8% Asian / Asian British 5 5% Black / Black British 6 6% Don't know 2 2% Mixed 1 1% Other ethnic origin 7 7% White / White British 76 78% 65 and over 6 0% Black / Black British 1 17% White / White British 5 83% Not known / recorded 19 2% Black / Black British 1 5% Don't know 3 16% Other ethnic origin 3 16% Unknown 4 21% White / White British 8 42%
Subject perceived ethnicity Asian / Asian British 59 5% Black / Black British 82 7% Chinese 1 0% Don't know 16 1% Mixed 24 2% Other ethnic origin 88 7% White / White British 966 78% Not known / recorded 9 1% Gender of the Subject of the Use of Force and the Gender of recording officers - Female Subject 238 19% Male Subject 997 80% Subject gender not known / recorded 10 1% Officer Gender not known / recorded 1 0% Female Reporting Officer 244 20% Male Reporting Officer 1000 80% Use of Force - Risk / Welfare of the Recording Officer - Officer experienced Body Fluid Transfer 9 1% Officer was Spat upon by the Subject 31 2% Officer was Injured during Use of Force event 89 7% Officer was Intentionally injured by the Subject 51 4% Officer Threatened with Weapon by the Subject 26 2% Officer was Single-crewed / on own at time of first Use of Force Officer had Less than 6 months service at time of record of Use of Force 62 5% 173 14%
Percentage of all Injury to Recording Officer resulting from their Use of Force - Handcuff 2 4% UDT 27 56% Limb Restraint 5 10% PAVA Incapacitant 1 2% Spit Protection 1 2% TASER 0 0% Baton 0 0% Conventional Firearm (inc AEP Baton Launcher) 0 0% Shield (Short, Medium, Long) 0 0% Police Dog 0 0% Improvised 12 25% Injury to Officer from their Use of Force as % of all records 4% Use of Force by Primary Place of Work of Recording Officer - Cambridge City 343 28% East Cambridgeshire 37 3% Fenland 81 7% Huntingdonshire 175 14% Other Location 16 1% Parkside Custody 21 2% Peterborough 502 40% South Cambridgeshire 12 1% Thorpe Wood Custody 58 5%
Use of Force by Primary Location of Use of Force event - Cambridge City 308 25% East Cambridgeshire 43 3% Fenland 74 6% Huntingdonshire 132 11% Parkside Custody 41 3% Peterborough 479 38% South Cambridgeshire 29 2% Thorpe Wood Custody 112 9% Unknown 2 0% Bedfordshire Police area (including Luton Airport) 12 1% Hertfordshire Constabulary area 3 0% Other Force Area 10 1% Use of Force by Duty Type of Recording Officer - Authorised Firearms Officer (AFO) - JPS 33 3% Custody 90 7% Detective duties 6 0% Other Duty Type... 22 2% Plain Clothes Patrol / Response 38 3% Police Support Unit (PSU) 5 0% Roads Policing - JPS 23 2% Uniform Patrol / Response - Foot and Vehicle 1023 82% Unknown 5 0% Joint Protective Services (JPS) Sub Total 56 4%