Reposted by Averill Earls
Anchorage Police Dept lowest use-of-force year on record: still 3x Portland's rate. Still 2.5x Seattle's. In a city with lower crime than both.
Alaska Native people are 7% of Anchorage's population. They're 45% of everyone APD put hands on.
The audit dropped. Read it. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
adn.com
City releases sweeping outside audit of use of force by Anchorage police
The audit, which covered a 4 1/2-year period, found the department’s tally of use-of-force incidents was higher than Seattle, Portland or New Orleans.
