Purpose

The purpose of the study was to identify factors associated with officer firearm and conducted energy weapon displays. Our specific concern was whether black subjects were more likely to have firearms drawn against them relative to other subjects.

Methods

Officer- and incident-level “response to resistance” data from the New Orleans Police Department were analyzed. Logistic regression models controlling for officer, subject, and situational factors were estimated to predict officer weapon draws.

Results

When analyzing all officer-level actions, black subjects were more likely to have firearms drawn against them than other subjects, but subject race was insignificant in incident-level analyses. Additionally, situational characteristics explained more variance in the data than officer or subject characteristics alone.

Conclusions

We found no consistent evidence of racial bias in firearm draws. Results hinged to an extent on the samples analyzed and statistical models estimated. In addition, our findings apply solely to one city and highlight the complexity of use-of-force research and the need for further replication.

中文翻译：

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预测枪支和CEW显示为警察对抵抗的反应

目的

该研究的目的是确定与军官枪支和进行的能源武器展示有关的因素。我们特别关心的是，相对于其他受试者，黑人受试者是否更可能受到枪支攻击。

方法

分析了来自新奥尔良警察局的官员和事件级别的“对抵抗的反应”数据。估计了控制军官，主体和情境因素的逻辑回归模型，以预测军官武器的使用。

结果

在分析所有军官级别的行动时，黑人对象比其他对象更容易受到枪支的攻击，但是在事件级别的分析中，对象种族并不重要。此外，情境特征比仅官员或主体特征更能解释数据的差异。

结论

我们没有发现枪支平局中种族偏见的一致证据。结果在一定程度上取决于所分析的样本和估计的统计模型。此外，我们的发现仅适用于一个城市，并突出了使用武力研究的复杂性和进一步推广的必要性。