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Use of Force Reports

The Michigan State Police reported thirteen incidents to the FBI’s National Use of Force Program’s 2023 data collection. Use of Force incidents
are reported when:

  1. When a fatality to a person occurs connected to use of force by a law enforcement officer.
  2. When there is serious bodily injury to a person connected to use of force by a law enforcement officer.
  3. In the absence of either death or serious bodily injury when a firearm is discharged by law enforcement at or in the direction of a person.

The definition of serious bodily injury is based, in part, upon Title 18, United States Code, Section 2246 (4). The term “serious bodily injury”
means “bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or
impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.”

 

2023 MSP Use of Force Incidents

 
Date Total # Officers Officer(s)
Race/Sex*
Subject(s)
Race/Sex*
Officer(s) Responding to Event Type Post / Team Summary
1/5/2023 4
(3 MSP)
3 W/M 1 I/M Criminal Suspicious Activity Death MSP Lansing Post Troopers responded to a shots fired call at a residence. The suspect pointed a firearm at responding officers. Troopers and local officers discharged their firearms causing the death of the suspect.
1/12/2023 2 2 W/M 1 B/F Criminal Suspicious Activity Discharge MSP Brighton Post Troopers responded to a retail fraud complaint at a shopping mall. Multiple suspects fled. One suspect assaulted responding troopers with a vehicle. Troopers discharged their firearms; however, did not strike the suspect.
1/24/2023 2 2 W/M 1 W/M Criminal Suspicious Activity Death MSP Metro South Post Troopers responded to a shots fired call at a residence. The suspect fired upon troopers. Troopers discharged their firearms causing the death of the suspect.
2/3/2023 1 W/M 1 W/M Criminal Suspicious Activity Death MSP Houghton Lake Post A trooper responded to a traffic crash. The suspect was found to be intoxicated. The suspect then pointed a firearm at the trooper. The trooper discharged his firearm causing the death of the suspect.
3/10/2023 6 6 W/M 1 B/M Warrant Injury MSP Emergency Support Team Troopers attempted to effect an arrest for a wanted suspect. The suspect fired upon responding troopers. Troopers discharged their firearms causing serious injury to the suspect.
5/6/2023 1 W/M 1 W/M Criminal Suspicious Activity

Death

MSP Monroe Post Troopers responded to a domestic assault complaint at a residence. The suspect pointed a firearm at responding troopers. A trooper discharged his firearm causing the death of the suspect.
7/17/2023 8 8 W/M 1 B/M Traffic Stop Death MSP 3rd District
Fugitive Team &
MSP Emergency
Support Team
Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a wanted homicide suspect. The suspect pointed a firearm at a passenger in the vehicle. Troopers discharged their firearms causing the death of the suspect.
7/19/2023 1 W/M 1 B/M Traffic Stop Death MSP Niles Post A trooper conducted a traffic stop; the suspect assaulted the trooper then fled. During the pursuit, the suspect presented a firearm (later found to be a BB gun) at pursuing troopers and local officers. A trooper used force causing the death of the suspect.
8/8/2023 2 2 W/M 1 W/M Criminal Suspicious Activity Death MSP Emergency
Support Team
Troopers responded to a domestic assault complaint, and the suspect barricaded himself inside his residence. The suspect fired upon responding troopers and local officers. Troopers discharged their firearms causing the death of the suspect.
8/12/2023 3 3 W/M 1 B/M Criminal Suspicious Activity Death MSP Tri City Post
& MSP 3rd District
Fugitive Team
Troopers responded to a shots fired call at a residence. The suspect fired upon local officers and responding troopers. Troopers discharged their firearms causing the death of the suspect.
9/7/2023 1 W/M 1 U/M Warrant Injury MSP Emergency
Support Team
A suspect wanted for questioning in an arson/shooting complaint fired upon troopers during a search warrant. A trooper discharged his firearm causing serious injury to the suspect.
9/21/2023 2 2 W/M 1 W/M Warrant Injury 8th District
Hometown
Security Team
Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a known subject with felony warrants. The suspect pointed a firearm at troopers. Troopers discharged their firearms causing serious injury to the suspect.
12/13/2023

2
(1 MSP)

W/M 1 B/M Warrant Death 3rd District Fugitive
Team
Troopers attempted to effect an arrest for a wanted suspect who fled, and then shot a trooper. A trooper and a federal agent discharged their firearms causing the death of the suspect.

*W - White, B - Black or African American, H - Hispanic, I - American Indian/Alaska Native, U - Unknown, M - Male, F - Female