BREMERTON — Bremerton Police presented their 2014 Professional Standards Report to the Bremerton City Council on May 20.

“It’s super important to have this because … anyone that’s looked at the news or read the news, in law enforcement today we have to be transparent,” said Capt. Tom Wolfe.

The report is a detailed list of complaints, internal investigations, claims, pursuits, officer collisions, use of force and bias-based policing.

Complaints against police increased 240 percent from 21 in 2013 to 51 in 2014.

Wolfe said the increase is because Bremerton Police now comply with Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs standards, which are more stringent.

“It doesn’t mean that we had 240 percent more complaints, it means that since we did our accreditation we changed how we handle things,” Wolfe said. “So we make sure every single complaint is tracked, documented into the system so we know we can track early warning and all that.”

Infractions by race

The report also lists the amount of fractions issued by race and by that race’s proportion the the Bremerton population.

Caucasians: 76.8 percent of infractions; 74 percent of Bremerton’s population.

African-Americans: 8.3 percent of infractions; 6.7 percent of Bremerton’s population.

Asian / Pacific Islander: 8.3 percent of infractions; 6.8 percent of Bremerton’s population.

Hispanics: 3.7 percent of infractions; 9.6 percent of Bremerton’s population.

Native American: 0.4 percent of infractions; 2 percent of Bremerton’s population.

Use of force

The report goes on to breakdown the department’s 107 instances of “use of force.”

“When we say ‘use of force,’ it’s when we put hands on people,” Wolfe said. “If we put hands on them, that’s a use of force and we track that.”

Wolfe said a use of force could be as simple as putting a wristlock on someone.

Wolfe said the department responded to over 55,000 calls in 2014. The 107 uses of force make up 0.19 percent of all calls.

Use of force by race

Caucasians: 74 instances; 69 percent of all uses of force.

African-Americans: 21 instances; 19.6 percent of all uses of force.

Asians: eight instances; 7.5 percent of all uses of force.

Hispanics: four instances; 3.7 percent of all uses of force.

Native American: zero instances.

Unknown: zero instances.

Of the 107 uses of force, 95 were physical controls, eight were tasers, two were pepper spray and two were personal weapons.

In 63 of the instances, the arrested person was determined to be intoxicated; 21 times the person’s mental health was  a factor; and six included domestic violence.

The full report can be found here.