By Tim Peterson
Lt. Col. Edwin C. Roessler Jr.
#Citizens can now explore
summaries of Fairfax County police officer-involved shootings that occurred
over the last 10 years.
#On Aug. 11, Police Chief Col.
Edwin Roessler released a web page of information through Fairfax County’s
website, including brief descriptions of what an officer-involved shooting is,
what happens when an officer uses deadly force, the kind of training officers
have and a hyperlinked table of shooting summaries organized by year and local
police station. The brief summaries do not include names of police officers
involved in the shootings or of the subjects of the shootings.
#The chart covers the years 2005-2015
and lists 37 total incidents. Of those, five subjects weren’t injured, 16 were
wounded and 16 died.
#Clicking on the year at the top
of the chart brings up a new page with summaries of the shootings for that
year. Clicking on the total number of shootings across the bottom of the chart
opens a map showing where they took place. According to the chart, there have
been no officer-related shootings in 2015.
#Roessler stated his intent as:
“Providing information regarding the Fairfax County Police Department’s
officer-involved shootings will help the community understand what officers
encounter and the criminal and administrative investigative processes related
to these events.”
#The shooting case charts include
the Fairfax County Police Department case number, date of the incident, the
location, number of officers involved, decision by the Commonwealth’s attorney
as to any criminal liability for the officers, the outcome of any internal
affairs investigation, the health status of the subject involved (wounded,
deceased or no injury), a case summary and any related news releases.
#The full release from the chief
and embedded database are available online at
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/inside-fcpd/063015ois.htm.
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