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NCRB research team previews draft 2026 use-of-force report, flags data gaps and calls for joint public forum
Summary
NCRB researchers presented a draft 2026 Use of Force report showing demographic concentrations of force, category shifts in coding (rise in “soft empty hand”), and recommended clearer force classification, refreshed training across careers and a public forum before final publication in May.
Research staff presented the NCRB’s draft 2026 Use of Force report at the March 23 meeting and asked board members for feedback ahead of a planned public forum in April and a target publication in May.
Andrea, the research presenter, told the board the draft combines dashboard data and a bivariate analysis (2021–2025) and that the strongest associations with force severity were incident context variables — reason for force and resistance type — rather than officer demographics. The presenter said 57.3% of subjects of force in the 2024–25 dashboard data were coded as Black and that…
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