- Associated Press - Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Connecticut police agencies are required under a 2014 law to record information about each use of a stun gun.

The following list looks at the race and ethnicity of people involved in police encounters involving stun guns in 2015 for the law enforcement agencies in Connecticut with the highest number of reported incidents, as recorded on forms submitted by police departments and reviewed by The Associated Press.

For each city, the breakdown by race is provided in cases where stun guns were deployed, or fired, and those in which a stun gun was unholstered or threatened but not used. The data are preliminary, pending a state report expected in coming weeks.



HARTFORD, 51 incidents

Deployed (51): 3 white, 33 black, 15 Hispanic. Not deployed (0).

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NORWALK, 40 incidents

Deployed (26): 8 white, 9 black, 9 Hispanic. Not deployed (14): 3 white, 5 black, 6 Hispanic.

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EAST HARTFORD, 36 incidents

Deployed (28): 6 white, 14 black, 8 Hispanic. Not deployed (8) 4 white, 3 black, 1 Hispanic.

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MANCHESTER, 28 incidents

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Deployed (17): 9 white, 5 black, 3 Hispanic. Not deployed (11): 7 white, 2 black, 2 Hispanic.

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WATERBURY, 27 incidents

Deployed (16): 3 white, 8 black, 4 Hispanic, 1 dog. Not deployed (11): 2 white, 4 black, 5 Hispanic.

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CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE, 34 incidents

Deployed (34): 23 white, 7 black, 3 Hispanic, 1 unknown race. Not deployed (0).

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VERNON, 21 incidents

Deployed (4): 3 white, 1 black. Not deployed (17): 12 white, 2 black, 3 Hispanic.

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DANBURY, 20 incidents

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Deployed (8): 4 white, 3 black, 1 Hispanic. Not deployed (12): 6 white, 1 black, 5 Hispanic.

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BRANFORD, 18 incidents

Deployed (3): 3 white. Not deployed (15): 15 white.

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NEW LONDON, 18 incidents

Deployed (9): 4 white, 2 black, 1 Asian, 2 Hispanic. Not deployed (9): 2 white, 3 black, 4 Hispanic.

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NORWICH, 17 incidents

Deployed (15): 8 white, 7 black. Not deployed (2): 2 white.

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TORRINGTON, 17 incidents

Deployed (9): 6 white, 2 black, 1 Hispanic. Not deployed (8): 8 white.

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BRIDGEPORT, 16 incidents

Deployed (12) 1 white, 5 black, 6 Hispanic. Not deployed (4): 4 black.

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NEW HAVEN, 15 incidents

Deployed (12): 12 black. Not deployed (3): 1 white, 2 black.

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MERIDEN, 15 incidents

Deployed (14): 4 white, 3 black, 7 Hispanic. Not deployed (1): 1 Hispanic.

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