The racial breakdown and gender of all officers who are employed by the Phoenix Police Department is provided to compare with the racial breakdown of the subset of officers who used force.
Race/Ethnicity* of Phoenix Police Officers
The simplified race/ethnicity grouping of all officers employed by Phoenix Police Department (Updated January 1st of each calendar year).
Race/Ethnicity* of Officers who Used Force
An officer may be involved in more than one UOF incident. For example, if an officer was involved in 3 UOF incidents, they will be counted 3 times in this chart.
*To create the simplified race/ethnicity grouping utilized in the charts, individuals with an ethnicity entered as 'Hispanic' are included in the 'Hispanic' category, regardless of the race entered. Individuals with 'Black or African American' entered even if a blend such as Black/ White or American Indian/Black are included in the 'Black or African American' category. Individuals listed as Asian, Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Other Blend, Etc., or with an unknown race, are grouped in the 'Other' category. Individuals with their race entered as White (that do not have their ethnicity listed as Hispanic) are grouped in the 'White' category. Full race/ethnicity information is available in detail on the Open Data Portal.
Gender of Phoenix Police Officers
The gender breakdown of all officers employed by Phoenix Police Department (Updated January 1st of each calendar year).
Gender of Officers Who Used Force
An officer may be involved in more than one UOF incident. For example, if an officer was involved in 3 UOF incidents, they will be counted 3 times in this chart.