Richmond Police Department - Firearm Discharge Incidents
www.transparentrichmond.org | Last Updated 24 May 2022Officers are authorized to use deadly force to protect themselves or the public when facing an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. This dataset shows incidents where police officers discharged (fired) their firearm. Only incidents with Access Levels 3 and 5 are general access and approved for the public (other incidents are confidential and have limited access for Internal Affairs only).
This dataset has the following 22 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OccurredDateTime | occurreddatetime | calendar_date | Incident occurrence date and time | 2019-04-11T02:30:00.000 2015-01-15T13:29:00.000 2017-03-07T01:09:00.000 2019-02-27T19:53:00.000 2016-05-25T12:02:00.000 view top 100 |
| Intentional | intentional | checkbox | Whether the firearm discharge was intentional | true false view top 100 |
| OfficerNumberShots | officernumbershots | number | Number of shots fired by the officer(s) | 1 0 13 19 7 view top 100 |
| OfficerNumberShotsHit | officernumbershotshit | number | Number of shots fired that hit the target | 0 1 3 5 2 view top 100 |
| OfficerNumberShotsMiss | officernumbershotsmiss | number | Number of shots fired that missed the target | 0 1 9 16 8 view top 100 |
| CitizenNumberShots | citizennumbershots | number | Number of shots fired by the citizen(s) | 0 view top 100 |
| InjuryCausedBy | injurycausedby | text | Whether there was injury, and who caused it | Officer view top 100 |
| CitizenAffectType | citizenaffecttype | text | Whether the citizen(s) were injured | Killed Injured Not injured view top 100 |
| Animal | animal | checkbox | Whether the target involved an animal | true false view top 100 |
| AnimalInjured | animalinjured | checkbox | Whether the target involved an animal that was injured | false true view top 100 |
| AnimalKilled | animalkilled | checkbox | Whether the target involved an animal that was killed | false true view top 100 |
| AnimalType | animaltype | text | Type of animal involved | Dog view top 100 |
| WorkGroup | workgroup | text | Team/group involved in the incident | Team 3 Team 2 Team 4 Team 1 Foot/Bike Patrol view top 100 |
| OfficerSex | officersex | text | Male view top 100 | |
| OfficerRace | officerrace | text | White Black Hispanic view top 100 | |
| OfficerAge | officerage | number | 50 35 48 49 43 view top 100 | |
| OfficerYearsOfService | officeryearsofservice | number | 10 12 17 9 14 view top 100 | |
| FDCitizenArrested | fdcitizenarrested | checkbox | Whether the citizen(s) was arrested | false true view top 100 |
| FDCitizenCharges | fdcitizencharges | text | Arrest charges | 664/187 187 view top 100 |
| CitizenSex | citizensex | text | Male view top 100 | |
| CitizenRace | citizenrace | text | Asian/Pac Is Black Hispanic view top 100 | |
| CitizenAge | citizenage | number | 58 25 41 view top 100 |