SCORECARD AT A GLANCE

AVERAGE FOR 4 SECTIONS: 60%

Scores range from 0-100% comparing cities with over 250k population. Cities with higher scores spend less on policing, use less force, are more likely to hold officers accountable and make fewer arrests for low-level offenses.

WORSE

50TH PERCENTILE

BETTER

POLICE FUNDING:  71%
Police Budget Cost per Person
Misconduct Settlements
Fines/Forfeitures
Police Presence/Over-Policing (Officers per Population)

POLICE VIOLENCE:  54%
Force Used per Arrest
Deadly Force per Arrest
Unarmed Victims of Deadly Force per Arrest
Racial Disparities in Deadly Force

WORSE

50TH PERCENTILE

BETTER

POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY:  47%
Misconduct Complaints Upheld
Excessive Force Complaints Upheld
Discrimination Complaints Upheld
Criminal Misconduct Complaints Upheld

APPROACH TO LAW ENFORCEMENT:  68%
Arrest Rate for Low Level Offenses
Homicides Solved
Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests

KEY FINDINGS

19 KILLINGS BY POLICE

Based on population, a Black person was 1.1x as likely and a Latinx person was 0.2x as likely to be killed by police as a White person in El Paso from 2013-21.

415 CIVILIAN COMPLAINTS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT

34% were ruled in favor of civilians from 2016-21.

144,935 ARRESTS MADE

58% of all arrests were for low-level, non-violent offenses from 2013-21.

POLICE FUNDINGi

SECTION SCORE: 71% ▶-1%

POLICE FUNDING BY YEAR

$146.88M  |  685,288 Residents  |  $241 per Resident

More Police Funding per Capita than 13% of DeptsPoliceHealthHousingCorrections201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021$50M$100M$150M$200M

Source: City of El Paso

FUNDS SPENT ON MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS

$508k per year from 2012-14  |  $7,420 per 10k population

^  More Spending due to Misconduct than 19% of Depts   

Source: UCLA Law Review