Report: Schenectady police uses force more often than larger cities | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – A state report suggests city police use force more often than their counterparts in larger cities, although the police chief questioned the consistency of the reporting.
A report last week by New York’s Division of Criminal Justice Services that encompassed 280 police agencies included the big takeaway that Black people were the target of half of all use-of-force incidents involving police.
Statewide, 49% of all targets in 6,052 use-of-force incidents were Black during the study period of July 2019 through Oct. 31, according to the report.
This is disproportionate to the ratio of Black people who live in the state. The state’s population is 19.4 million, of which 17.6% of residents are Black.