last updated: November 2021
18 States
Required to report Use-of-force to the state
2 States
Only required to report deaths to the state
30 States
+DC
not required to report most use of force to the state
Recent Legislation
2021
Nevada
Requires law enforcement to make monthly reports on the use of force
Stipulates that police departments make public, annual reports
Requires every police department participate in the FBI’s National Use-of-Force Data Collection
Tennessee
Requires police departments to collect and report use of force to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Calls for a publicly-available report
Washington
Requires police to report all use of force
Authorizes a publicly available database
Utah
Orders officers to report to their department every time they point a firearm or taser at someone
Requires agencies to collect and submit data on the use of force to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Arizona
Requires every police agency to report use of force annually
Calls for a publicly available database
Wisconsin
Requires officers to report the discharge of firearms or acts that result in “great bodily harm”
Authorizes an annual report
Florida
Requires every police department to report all “serious bodily injury, death, or discharge of a firearm at a person” starting in July 2022
Missouri
Order every police department to report all fatalities, serious bodily injury, and discharge of a firearms at a person
- Requires each agency to report to the FBI’s Use of Force Data Collection
North Carolina
Created a confidential database of all deaths and serious bodily injury by police
