12% of local police officers are black; 4% of local police chiefs are black; 12% of local police officers are female; 3% of local police chiefs are female
“Among those who had contact with the police, blacks (3.5%) were 2.5 times more likely than whites (1.4%) and 1.7 times more likely than Hispanics (2.1%) to experience the threat or use of nonfatal force."