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Urbana Police present 2024 use-of-force report: 72 incidents, all reviewed within policy
Summary
Urbana Police Department reported 72 use-of-force incidents in 2024 (0.29% of 24,864 calls), no firearm discharges, no taser or OC deployments, and that 100% of incidents were reviewed and found within policy; council members sought additional contextual data including arrests, offense types and mental-health involvement.
Chief Larry Boone and Lt. Cortez Gardner presented the Urbana Police Department’s 2024 use-of-force report to the City Council, reporting 24,864 total calls for service and 72 incidents in which force was used (about 0.29 percent of calls). The chiefs told the council there were no firearm discharges, no taser deployments, no OC spray deployments and no blunt-impact incidents in 2024. They said 100 percent of the force incidents were reviewed by supervisors and committee processes and that three cases prompted recommendations for additional training or counseling; none were…
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