A closer look inside Albuquerque Police's 2021 use of force data

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — The Albuquerque Police Department recently published statistics on when and where officers used force while interacting with the public. The latest data, from 2021, is "preliminary" and subject to change according to the department, but they reveal some trends across the city.In the big picture, use of force decreased from 2020 to 2021. But so did arrests and calls per service. So to account for that, the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) reported force in