Putnam County School Crime/ArrestlTaser Statistics
2002 - 2003 School Year

2003 - 2004 Seool Year

2004·2005 School Year

130
354
194
6

126
542
351
25

25
128
132
5

W/M

B/M

B/F

1

3

3

Felony Charges
Misdemeanor Charges
Civil Citations
Weaoons Found

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Taser Use By Race/Sex

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Stallinns

1
Bailev 1
Beckton 2

Taser use on juveniles.
by Deputy

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Smith

1

Reeves

1

Stoudt
Sanders

1

2

5

Weapons
Found

25

6

Civil Citations
02004 - 2005 School Year
.2003 - 2004 Scool Year

Misdemeanor
Charges

54

Felony
Charges

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o

100

200

300

400

500

600

112002 - 2003 School Year

PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
These figures and table show tasers have been I-_=.."...T:..:a:;:s:::e:..r:::U;se::...:..F~ig:.::u.:..:re,::s:""-=_--l
used 133 times, in criminal arrests, over the
A e Ran e
Number of Uses
12t017
7
last three calendar years, since tasers have
18 to 24
28
been in use by Putnam County Sheriffs Ofice. 1-----;c.25!-;t=-°~31;--+---;;2""7-----j
This number equates to an approximate
32 to 38
22
average of 3.3 taser uses each calendar month.I-_--";39,..,t"-0-=:45:'---_-+_ _----'3:o-2_ _--!
46 to 52
10
Since the Putnam County Sheriffs Office
53 to 59
2
60 to 66
4
deployed tasers, in 2001, tasers have been
used by school resource officers a total of five 1-_~67;_;t=-0.;;;73:'----+------'0;_--__j
74 to 80
1
(5) times in Putnam county schools.
Total Uses
133
Since tasers were deployed by the Putnam County Sheriffs Office in October 2001,
there have been 1,418 total arrests of juveniles. In making those arrests, deputies
used a taser in 7 instances (including the fives school uses).

This represents a total juvenile taser usage rate of .0049%
(or 1 in every 202 arrests).

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Breakdown of Taser Use by Age
74 to 80

1

67 to 73
60 to 66 . . . . 4
53 to 59

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46 to 52

Cl

39 to 45

10

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32 to 38
25 to 31
18 to 24

28

12t017

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0

5

10

15

20

Number of Uses

25

30

35