BY THE NUMBERSGeorgia investigations into police force used in an arrest:Fiscal Year / Total / Shooting related2009 / 64 / 442010 / 74 / 452011* / 82 / 59* Through MarchSource: Georgia Bureau of Investigation
A GBI investigation into an “excessive force” complaint against a Chattooga County sheriff’s deputy is just one of more than 80 that the state agency has made this year – the most in the past three years.
And there still are three months to go before this fiscal year ends June 30.
Overall, the GBI has seen an increase in officers investigated for possibly using excessive force, agency spokesman John Bankhead said.
But for many agencies, it is standard procedure for the GBI to investigate when any type of force is used in an arrest, he said.