Use of Force

As a standard practice, response to resistance incidents (Use of Force) are reviewed by the supervisors of the Hanover Park Police Department. In 2022, Hanover Park Police Officers responded to 40,644 calls for service. The calls for service can be categorized as 911 calls and officer initiated calls. Of those 40,644 calls for service, 1330 individuals were arrested and/or taken into custody by Hanover Park Police Officers. Of those 1,330 individuals arrested by Hanover Park Police Officers, force was used on 24 individuals or 1.8%. Additionally of the 40,644 calls for service that Hanover Park Police responded to, force was used 0.059% of the time (less than one percent). 

The rate of use of force in 2022 is down by 21.92% from 2021 and is down 47.4% from the 5-year average. The number of calls for service decreased by 0.9% from 2021 to 2022 and is down 7.267% compared to the five-year average.  

In 2022, the number of times force was used decreased by seven incidents or 22.5% from the prior year. The number of separate officers using force increased by 12 or 44.4% from 2021 to 2022. The five- year average of the number of officers using force per year is 32.8. 

As you can see from the graph below, over the past 5 years the most common type of forced used by Hanover Park Police Officers is empty hand control.