Few Central Illinois Police Agencies Submitted 2021 Use-Of-Force Data To FBI
Bloomington Pantagraph | Published on 3/11/2022
“The program arose because no government agency maintained reliable national data about how often police officers used force on citizens. Non-participating area police departments last year include Bloomington, Colfax, Danvers, Decatur, Downs, El Paso, Farmer City, Gibson City, Gridley, Lexington, Pontiac, and the McLean County Sheriff’s Department, among others, according to the FBI. The Bloomington Police Department plans to submit information in 2022.
‘When The Washington Post is the major collector of police use-of-force or officer-involved shootings, that’s a concern,’ Woodruff said. ‘I think it behooves police departments to participate in the program.’”