Officer-Involved Shooting Dashboard
Welcome to Austin Police Oversight's Officer Involved Shooting Dashboard. This dashboard contains data and insights regarding all officer-involved shooting incidents since 2018. For more information about how to use the dashboard, read our FAQs located below the dashboard. If you need further help troubleshooting the dashboard, please email opo.outreach@austintexas.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
While there are no data points on this page, it’s here to help you navigate to one of the dashboard’s four data pages: Overview, Officer Insights, Subject Insights, and Incident Details.
The Overview page shows high-level data about all officer-involved shooting cases from 2018 through 2025. This includes data such as where the incident occurred, the number of OIS cases per year, and the number of officers involved.
Starting on the left-hand side, you will see a dark blue box with APO’s logo in the top left corner. Directly under APO’s logo are the four main dashboard pages. This is the navigation bar, and you will see it on every page of the dashboard. To go to each page, simply click on its name. In the bottom right corner of the navigation bar, you will see a house icon. By clicking on the house, you can return to the dashboard’s landing page.
Next to the house icon is the link to the Spanish-language version of the dashboard. Both versions pull directly from the same data base, meaning that they have the same information and are updated simultaneously.
The Overview Page’s data is all contained in the light blue field to the right of the navigation bar. Starting at the top of the page, you will see four boxes titled: “Total OIS Cases”, “Self-Initiated vs. Calls for Service”, “Officers & Subjects”, and “Fatal vs. Non-Fatal”. Respectively, these data points represent: the total number of officer-involved shootings since 2018, the percentage of incidents arising from officers’ self-initiated actions versus responding to a 911 call, the total numbers of officers and community members involved in all incidents, and the percentage of incidents that resulted in fatal and non-fatal outcomes.
Directly under these four boxes is a bar graph titled “OIS Cases by Year”. This graph shows the number of OIS cases each year, starting in 2018.
Under the “OIS Cases by Year” graph, you will see two bar charts. The one on the left is titled “Council Districts” and the one on the right is titled “APD Sectors”. These charts show the number of officer-involved shooting incidents that have taken place in each city council district and APD sector respectively. By clicking on one bar in the chart, you will be able to see all of the above data points filtered by the council district or APD sector you clicked; for example, by clicking on the District 9 bar, you will see the total number of OIS cases and all other data points from the cases that took place in District 9. To go back to the original view, simply click on the selected bar again, or click the “Clear All Filters” button.
If you want to see these charts in more detail, click on or hover over the grey area in the chart. This will pull up a series of buttons on the top right edge of the chart. The fourth button from the left, called the “Focus Mode” button, is represented by two squares and an arrow. Clicking this button will pull up a more detailed version of the bar chart. Click the “Back to report” button to return to the dashboard.
Next to all three graphs is a map of Austin. By default, this map shows each incident by APD sector, but by using the buttons at the top of the map, you can see each OIS case by city council district or ZIP code as well. It is important to note that City Council districts, APD sectors, and ZIP codes do not line up one-to-one. All of these divisions overlap with one another as they serve different purposes for different organizations. Details about which district, sector, and ZIP code a specific OIS incident occurred in can be found on the Incident Details page.
In the top right corner of the Overview Page is a box labeled “Select Year”. By using this box, you can filter the data by year, starting from 2018. The default setting is to have all years selected. In order to pick a single year, you first need to deselect the “Select All” button by clicking on it. You can then individually select any specific year or years of data you would like to see.
In the top right corner, to the right of the “Select Year” box, is an icon of a question mark inside of a circle. This is the Help button. By clicking the Help button, you can read some brief tooltips about how to navigate this page. To dismiss the tooltips, simply click anywhere on the dashboard, or click the Help button again.
Directly below the Help button is a lower-case I inside of a circle called the “I” box. By clicking on the “I”, you can learn about the dashboard’s purpose, features, the date of the most recent update, and how to contact APO with any questions. Click the curved arrow in the top right corner to close the “I” box.
Below the “Select Year” box is an icon of an eraser. The eraser button removes any filters that have been applied to the data, such as a year or set of years, an APD sector or council district, or a specific incident.
The Officer Insights Page contains data about Austin Police officers who have been involved in an officer-involved shooting. While the data presented on this page is different, there are a few similarities to the Overview Page. Firstly, the dark blue navigation bar on the left-hand side of the dashboard remains the same, and all of the buttons work the same way. The “Select Year” box is in the same place in the upper right corner and can be used in the same ways as on the Overview Page. Lastly, the Help, “I”, and Clear Filter buttons are in the same location to the right of the “Select Year” box and perform the same functions that they do on the Overview Page.
The four boxes across the top center of this page are labeled: “Total Officers”, “Average Length of Service (Years)”, “Prior OIS Involvement”, and “Average Officer Age”. Respectively, these data points represent: the total number of APD officers involved in officer-involved shootings for the selected years, the average number of years of service with APD that involved officers had at the time of the incident, the percentage of involved officers who have been in a previous officer-involved shooting, and the average age of involved officers at the time of an incident.
By hovering over the “Total Officers” box, you can see a line graph and a donut chart. The line graph is labeled “Officer Involvement by Year” and shows the total number of officers involved in each year’s OIS incidents. The donut chart is labeled “Officer Gender Breakdown” and shows the percentage of men and women officers involved in the selected year or years’ incidents.
Below these four boxes are two bar charts: “Officer Years of Experience” on the left and “Officer Age Groups” on the right. These charts provide more detailed breakdowns of the “Average Length of Service (Years)” and “Average Officer Age” data points, respectively. Just like the bar charts on the Overview Page, you can click the Focus Mode button to view these charts in full screen.
Underneath these two bar charts are six boxes: the two on the sides are donut charts, and the four in the middle contain text. The left donut chart, labeled “Officer Race Breakdown”, shows the race of involved officers as a percentage of the total number of officers involved in the total number of OIS incidents. By hovering over a wedge of this chart, you will see the exact number of officers listed next to “Officers Count”.
The right-hand donut chart, labeled “Officers Weapon Type”, shows the percentage of incidents where officers used either lethal or less-lethal weapons. By hovering over the different wedges of the chart, you will find extra context about this data, as well as a bar chart breakdown of the specific types of weapons that officers used: either a pistol, rifle, or shotgun for lethal weapons, and a TASER, less-lethal shotgun, or pepper ball launcher for less-lethal weapons.
The four text boxes in between the two donut charts contain more officer data. The top left box shows the average number of officers involved in a given incident; hovering over this box will provide extra definitions and context around what it means for an officer to be “involved” versus “on the scene” or “responding” to an incident.
The top right box shows the number and percentage of incidents in which a less-lethal weapon was used; it is possible for both lethal and less-lethal weapons to be used in the same incident.
The bottom left box shows the average number of shots fired per involved officer. And the bottom right box shows the numbers of officer who were either injured or killed during an officer-involved shooting.
The Subject Insights Page contains data about community members involved in officer-involved shooting incidents. As with the Overview and Officer Insight Pages, the dark blue navigation bar on the left-hand side of the dashboard remains the same, as do the “Select Year” box, “Help” button, and “Clear All Filters” button in the top right corner.
The top four boxes across the center of this page are labeled: “Total Subjects”, “Average Subject Age”, “Male Subjects”, and “Deceased Subjects”. Respectively, these data points represent: the total number of community members involved in all officer-involved shooting incidents, the average age of involved community members, the percentage of involved community members identified as men, and the percentage of OIS incidents that had fatal outcomes for community members.
Underneath these four boxes are two bar charts. The left chart, labeled “Cases by Year with Subject Injury Type”, shows the breakdown of the types of injuries community members received from each year’s OIS incidents. Fatal injuries are shown in light blue, non-fatal injuries are shown in dark blue, and incidents that resulted in no injuries are shown in orange.
The bar chart on the right shows the racial identities of community members involved in officer-involved shootings. By clicking the “More Insights” button in the top-right corner of the chart, you will find two donut charts. On the left is a chart labeled “Mental Health History”. This chart shows the percentage of OIS incidents where 911 callers or officers documented concerns about the community member’s mental health.
The right-hand chart is labeled “Subject Intoxication” and shows the percentage of OIS incidents where the involved community member may have been intoxicated or otherwise impaired. By clicking the arrow in the top-right corner of the “Mental Health History” chart, you can return to the “Subject Race Breakdown” chart.
Underneath these two charts are five boxes, the leftmost and rightmost containing graphs and the central three containing text. The left-hand bar chart, titled “Subject Age Groups”, shows a more detailed breakdown of the ages of community members involved in OIS incidents. The right-hand chart is titled “Subject Weapon Type”. This chart shows the percentage of involved community members that were unarmed or armed at the time of the incident, and what type of arm they had; hovering over each wedge in this donut chart will provide a more in-depth breakdown of the type of arm.
The central three text boxes provide extra data about the race, gender, and armed status of the community members involved in OIS incidents. Hovering over the middle box will provide extra data about community members’ race and incident fatality.
The Incident Details Page provides more in-depth information about individual officer-involved shooting cases. The dark blue navigation bar, “Select Year” box, Help and Information buttons, and the “Clear All Filters” buttons are all in the same places and perform the same functions as on the other pages of the dashboard.
The three boxes across the top of the page are labeled (from left to right) as: “Total OIS Cases”, “Fatal Count”, and “Non-Fatal Count”. Respectively, these data points refer to: the total number of officer-involved shooting cases in the selected year or years, the number of those cases that resulted in fatalities, and the number of cases that did not result in fatalities.
On the left-hand side under these three boxes is a map of the Austin Metro Area labeled “Incident Geography Map” with red and blue dots. These dots represent where OIS cases occurred, with the red dots representing fatal cases and the blue dots representing non-fatal cases. Clicking on a dot will shift the other charts and data points on the page to reflect the specific case information; clicking the dot, map, or “Clear All Filters” button again will return the page to its default view.
To the right of the map are four charts. Starting with the top left of these boxes and going clockwise, these charts are labeled “Reason for Contact”, “Incidents by Day of Week”, “Incidents by Time of Day”, and “Incidents by Month”. “Reason for Contact” shows why APD was at the scene of the incident. This includes reasons such as traffic stops, premise checks, and different types of emergency calls that APD officers are dispatched for. “Incidents by Day of Week” shows a breakdown of which days of the week on which OIS incidents occur. “Incidents by Time of Day” provides a similar breakdown of incidents that occur in the morning, afternoon, evening, or night; hovering over any of the wedges in this donut chart will bring up a more detailed chart showing what timeframes are considered morning, afternoon, evening, and night. Lastly, “Incidents by Month” shows the number of incidents that occurred in each month of the selected year or years. As with the other charts and graphs on the dashboard, you can view these charts in more detail by clicking the “Focus Mode” button in the top-right corner of the chart box.
On the top of the page, to the left of the “Select Year” box, is a box labeled “Read Narratives”. By clicking it, the four charts next to the map will be replaced by incident-specific details, along with an accompanying narrative detailing what happened in a particular incident. To view these details and the corresponding narrative, click on one of the incident dots on the map. When you click on a dot, you will see the following information:
In the top box, you will see the time, date, and time of day (morning, afternoon, evening, or night) of the selected incident, as well as the reason for contact and if the incident was fatal or non-fatal. You will also see the City Council District, APD Sector, and ZIP Code that the incident took place in.
The lower box contains the incident narrative. These narratives describe the sequence of events during the selected OIS incident, as well as the officers involved, the number of shots fired by each officer, the officers’ length of service with APD, and the name, age, and race of the community member involved in the incident. Some incidents may have a narrative labeled as “Pending”. This means that the incident has either not been closed by APD, or that the narrative is still being written and approved by APO staff. To view a different narrative, click a different dot. To return to the page’s default view, click the “Return” button to the left of the “Select Year” box.