Leadership. Black police leadership = fewer fatal police shootings

When a city law enforcement is led by Black commanders:

• 65% lower per-capita rate of fatal shootings by police officers
• For a city of 1 million, this means 21 fatalities instead of 35

The data used: police data from the 60 largest U.S cities between 2015 and the first half of 2020

What the data also illuminates:

• 75% of the top 20 cities with the highest rates of fatal police shootings are led by white police leaders
• 13 out of the 20 cities with the lowest fatal police shooting rates are led by Black leaders

Time | ‘Leadership Matters.’ Researcher Says Rate of Fatal Police Shootings Is Lower in Cities With Black Police Chiefs