Police in Arlington used force 212 more times in 2024 than the year before, with more than half of force application occurrences being against Black men and women, according to an annual report.
In total, officers used force on 1,776 people, including five fatal shootings and one non-fatal shooting, the report shows. Police also applied force against six animals.
The number of times police used force decreased between those years for white men, Asian men and Asian women, according to the report. All other racial and gender demographics saw police force used more times than in 2023…