Phoenix Police Officer Involved Shootings 2019. Samudio said police believe the man was firing shots into the air in his own backyard. The city commissioned the report after averaging 21 officer-involved shootings a year from 2009 to 2017 which rose to an alarming increase to 44 last year.
According to data collected by ABC15 there were 82 officer-involved shootings in the valley in 2018 but that number plummeted to 40 officer-involved in 2019. 8 Because there are no national sources to compare OIS involved officer and subject demographics to this report offers some comparisons using two large departments that have made this data available Phoenix AZ and Los Angeles CA. Nicole Montalbano 33 Cowans ex-girlfriend was arrested in Prescott Valley shortly after the shooting for hindering and evidence tampering.
In 2019 Phoenix police officers shot at 15 people a significant drop from the record number.
Jeff Pegues spoke with the Phoenix police chief who commissioned the study of her own department after a troubling increase in the use of deadly force. More than one officer may discharge their weapon during the same incident. And last updated 634 PM Apr 22 2019. New bodycam video shows Phoenix Police Officer Denise Bruce-Jones getting shot at a gas station earlier this month.
