Bridgeport Police reported the highest number of use of force incidents in those years with 264. Waterbury Police followed in 229 cases. State police reported 181, while New Haven had 161 and Hartford reported 91.

Over the two years, black people were the subject of a use of force incident in 506 of the 1,315 reported incidents – about 38% of the cases where police used force, according to the report. Police used force against white people in 437 cases, about a third of all reported cases. Hispanics experienced a use of force by police 268 times, or about 20% of the cases analyzed in the results.

Combined, blacks and Hispanics were subject to police use of force 774 times out of 1,315 incidents, the data showed.

The report noted that “relative to population demographics in Connecticut, this would suggest significant racial and ethnic disparity in the application of force.”

“However, when compared to arrest data, the disparity narrows significantly,” the report said, noting that over the two years, whites made up 44% of those arrested, while 34% were black and 21% were Hispanics.

But those statistics still show a disparity in “reported force incidents involving Black people versus available arrest data,” the report said.

The report found that the most common type of force used were “pressure points/maintaining control tactics”, along with withdrawal maneuvers and punches and hand strikes, used to subdue someone who was “non-compliant or aggressive”.

The report also found that approximately 40% of those involved in use of force incidents were “identified as being under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs or possibly intoxicated”. Women were more likely than men to be reported as “emotionally disturbed” in use of force reports.

The report also found differences in what led to an encounter with police in which force was used.

This can be “attributed to the effects of COVID-19 quarantine protocols causing more people to be home,” the report said. “Given that, the incidents of force reported were initiated as an ongoing crime, domestic or other disturbance, intoxicated or emotionally disturbed individual, suspicious person, and other crimes.”

The report acknowledges that data on police use of force in Connecticut is incomplete. Nine police departments in 2019 and 11 in 2020 did not submit use of force reports, the data shows.

“During this period, there was no standardized reporting system or clear guidelines on how and what to report to ensure police department compliance,” the report said. “That’s probably why some departments didn’t report all use-of-force incidents and others didn’t submit any reports.”

As of July 1, Connecticut police departments are required to submit reports through a standardized system.

The report also noted that five fatal police shootings in 2019 and 2020 were not included in the data. There were 10 in total between 2019 and 2020, according to the report.

Shootings that went unreported in the state’s use of force system included the killing of Mubarak Soulemane by Connecticut State Police on January 15, 2020. State Trooper Brian North pleaded not guilty of manslaughter in shooting death,