What percentage of OIS involved no weapon or a weapon other than a firearm?

• A. 40
• B. 20
• C. 60
• D. 50

Answer: (A)

The question is about how weapon involvement in officer-involved shootings is distributed, specifically the portion where the suspect has no weapon or uses a weapon other than a firearm. In the data being referenced, that share is forty percent. So, about two-fifths of OIS incidents fall into this category, with the remaining incidents involving firearms.

This matters because it highlights that not all OIS scenarios revolve around firearms; a sizable portion involves no weapon or non-firearm threats, which has implications for training in de-escalation, threat assessment, and non-firearm response tactics. The other numbers would imply different proportions than what the data in this item specifies.