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Police Department Palm Springs
38% SCORE

Scorecard at a Glance

Average for 4 Sections: 38%

Scores range from 0-100% comparing cities with under 50k 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.

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Police Funding:  40%
Police Budget Cost per Person        
Misconduct Settlements        
Fines/Forfeitures        
Police Presence/Over-Policing (Officers per Population)        
Police Violence:  41%
Force Used per Arrest        
Deadly Force per Arrest        
Unarmed Victims of Deadly Force per Arrest        
Racial Disparities in Deadly Force        
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Police Accountability:  24%
Misconduct Complaints Upheld        
Excessive Force Complaints Upheld        
Discrimination Complaints Upheld        
Criminal Misconduct Complaints Upheld        
Approach to Law Enforcement:  47%
Arrest Rate for Low Level Offenses        
Homicides Solved        
Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests        

Key Findings

Police Funding i

40% -7%

Police Funding By Year

$34.63M  |  48,952 Residents  |  $687 per Resident

More Police Funding per Capita than 97% of Depts

Number of officers per 1k population

93 Officers  |  19 per 10k Residents

More Officers per Population than 43% of Depts

Police violence i

41% +2%

Police Shootings

More Police Shootings per Arrest than 39% of Depts

4 Shootings  |  3.6 every 100k arrests

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Deadly Force

2 Killings by Police from 2013-21  |  0.9 every 10k arrests

^  More Killings by Police per Arrest than 87% of Depts   

Police Shootings Where Police Did Not Try Non-Deadly Force Before Shooting

50% of Shootings from 2016-21 (2/4)

Deadly Force by Armed Status

N/A Unarmed  |  50% Did Not Allegedly Have a Gun

Unarmed Other Alleged Gun Vehicle
50%
50%

^  More Unarmed People Killed per Arrest than N/A of Depts   

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Police Violence by Race

Black Latinx N.Am API Other White

Population of Palm Springs

27%
60%

Palm Springs Police Dept Demographics

People Arrested

12%
34%
48%

People Killed

50%
50%

Police Accountability i

24% -31%

Total civilian complaints

80 from 2016-21  |  3% Ruled in Favor of Civilians

 

Complaints Not Sustained Complaints Sustained

Use of Force Complaints

3 Reported  |  0% Ruled in Favor of Civilians

Complaints of Misconduct in Jail

0 Complaints Reported

 

Complaints of Police Discrimination

17 Reported  |  0% Ruled in Favor of Civilians

 

Complaints Reported Ruled in Favor of Civilians

Alleged Crimes Committed by Police

16 Reported  |  0% Ruled in Favor of Civilians

 

Complaints Reported Ruled in Favor of Civilians

Approach to Law Enforcement i

47% +11%

Arrests By Year

20,136 Arrests Reported from 2013-2021

Low Level Arrests Other Arrests

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Arrests for Low Level Offenses

14,673 Arrests  |  42 per 1k residents

^  Higher Arrest Rate for Low Level Offenses than 82% of Depts   

Percent of total arrests by type

All Arrests for Low Level Offenses ( 73% )

Drug Possession ( 23% )

Violent Crime ( 8% )

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Homicides Unsolved

28 Homicides from 2013-21  |  7 Unsolved

^  Solved Fewer Homicides than 49% of Depts   

Percent of Homicides Unsolved by Race

Homicides of Black Victims Unsolved ( 100% )

Homicides of Latinx Victims Unsolved ( 33% )

California Police Department Scores

Rankings are based upon a 0 to 100 percentage scale. Departments with higher scores use less force, make fewer arrests for low level offenses, solve murder cases more often, hold officers more accountable and spend less on policing overall.

Overall Scores for Depts where We Have Obtained the Most Data.

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Police Department Score 5YR
176. Long Beach 26% +5%
175. Manhattan Beach 28% +3%
174. Beverly Hills 30% +3%
173. San Francisco 31% +1%
172. Redondo Beach 31% -16%
171. Los Angeles 32% +4%
170. Bell Gardens 32% -10%
169. Santa Monica 33% -7%
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Police Department Score 5YR
* El Segundo 27% -4%
* Willits 30% +11%
* Colma 31% -5%
* Vernon 32% +7%
* Broadmoor 32% -8%
* Wheatland 32% +2%
* Sausalito 34% -7%
* Hermosa Beach 34% -1%
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* An asterisk indicates this location did not publish enough data to evaluate. Click below to add data to the Scorecard.

About This Scorecard

This is the first nationwide evaluation of policing in the United States. It was built using data from state and federal databases, public records requests to local police departments, and media reports. While police data is never perfect, and there are additional indicators that still need to be tracked, the Police Scorecard is designed to provide insight into many important issues in policing.

 

Police Scorecard is an independent 501(c)(3) organization, learn more about our team here. If you have feedback, questions about the project, or need support with an advocacy campaign, contact our Founder, Samuel Sinyangwe.

methodology Source Data

 

Use this Scorecard to identify issues within police departments that require the most urgent interventions and hold officials accountable for implementing solutions. For example, cities with higher rates of low level arrests could benefit most from solutions that create alternatives to policing and arrest for these offenses. In cities where police make fewer arrests overall but use more force when making arrests, communities could benefit significantly from policies designed to hold police accountable for excessive force. And cities where complaints of police misconduct are rarely ruled in favor of civilians could benefit from creating an oversight structure to independently investigate these complaints.

 

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