Data on use of force, complaints and lawsuits can be used to identify officers who most likely to shoot someone next and prevent it from happening. Use the methodology to save lives.

Source: Chicago Tribune

To:

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Subject:

Demanding use of data to prevent excessive use of force

Email:

Hello,

My name is ❗insert name❗. I am a resident of ❗State/City❗ and I am emailing today to demand the use of data to prevent excessive use of force by police.

A [Northwestern University study](<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9133.12459>) investigated how Chicago police officers’ exposure to peers who had been accused of misconduct shaped their involvement in subsequent excessive force cases. 

Officers who were involved in complaints related to excessive use force were more likely to work with officers with a history of such behaviors, suggesting that officers’ peers may serve as social conduits through which misconduct is learned and transmitted.

Police departments have this data and must start to use it to prevent further excessive use of force.

Sincerely,
❗your name❗