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Urbana police present 2024 use-of-force report as residents raise disparity and oversight concerns
Summary
Urbana Police Department reported 72 incidents involving force in 2024 (0.29% of 24,864 calls); the department said all incidents were reviewed and within policy, while residents and some council members pressed for more context on racial disparities, body-camera review and how arrests and mental-health encounters factor into the numbers.
Chief Larry Boon and Lieutenant Cortez Gardner presented the Urbana Police Department's 2024 use-of-force report to the City Council on March 9, saying force remains a rare outcome of police contact and that 100% of incidents were reviewed through supervisory and committee processes.
The department reported 24,864 calls for service in 2024 and 72 incidents that involved force (0.29% of calls). Types of force recorded included "empty hand soft" techniques (42 uses) and firearm display or pointing (28 recorded points and displays); the department reported zero taser deployments, zero OC deployments, zero blunt-impact strikes and zero firearm discharges. Chief Boon said three cases recommended additional training…
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