Jonathan Porter

Professor H. Bown
English 2100
03/09/15
Deputy Chief Eining
After twenty-two years of dedicated service, Deputy Chief Eining is still
working his hardest to ensure quality service to
his

fellow community members. This Deputy Chief

has

traded in his baton and handgun for a pen and

paper. He may not be out and about in a patrol

car

among the community, but he does everything

behind the scenes to help his officers help the
Taken from Draper Police Report
2013

community. Surrounded by papers, reports, and

politics, Chief Eining directs everything from

training to statistics in the Draper Police Department. In the hierarchy of the Draper
Police Department, police officers file their reports to Deputy Chief Eining who then
compiles and forwards them to Police Chief Roberts.
Draper City Statistics
According to Deputy Chief Eining, there have been six cases where deadly
force has been used. Only four of those six resulted in a fatality. In the year 2013,
there was a total of six fatal use of force incidents and in 2014, there was a total of
fourteen fatal use of force incidents (Reavy, Romero, par 4). Six incidents in March
is definitely a high number. If this trend, then they will be well over last year.

However, as Chief Eining says, this number could just be a fluke. The spike may
be the only instances where deadly force is used all year. In detailing the statistics
and success of last year in Draper, Chief Eining says, There were 23,779 service
calls made, 11,688 case reports filed, 934 arrests made, and nine use of force
incidents during those 934 arrests. These nine cases of use of force equate to
roughly .9% of arrests, which is actually slightly lower than the national average.
Technology and Training
Back when I began 22 years ago, says Chief
Eining, We only had a handgun and a baton.
Nowadays, police officers are outfitted with

Law enforcement equipment today.

Image courtesy of Blauer.com

Tasers, pepper spray, and less lethal beanbag

Law enforcement
equipment 20 years
ago.
Image courtesy of
frpd.com

shotgun rounds in addition to batons and handguns. Each

officer in the Draper Police Department is required to be
recertified in Taser use and pepper spray in order to use it.

Officers are also required to recertify in Arrest Control Tactics yearly. These are
tactics used to keep a situation under control and to limit excessive use of force. In
addition to these new weapons, Draper Police Department also started using body
cameras in 2011. These cameras, according to a 2011 study, showed a 50%
decrease in police use of force when used (Ariel, Farrar, 8).
What the Public Needs to Understand
The public need to have a more realistic view of these situations, argues Chief
Eining. When a person is facing a life or death situation, a plethora of emotions,
thoughts, and reflexes floods their senses. This is no different for law enforcement
officers. In a recent case, it took 38 seconds between when a victim ran to reach for

a knife and when shots were fired by police. There was little time for officers to
regroup and assess the situation before the suspect brandished his own weapon
with the intent of using deadly force against police officers. Deadly force is used in
response to deadly force, says Chief Eining. Deadly force is a last resort for
officers. It is a tragedy for the community, the department and the officer. An
officer cant just shoot a person one day and come in to work the next as if nothing
happened, states Officer Eining.
Gaining Trust
In light of recent incidents, Police Departments have been getting a lot of negative
publicity. When asked what police do in order to combat this negative publicity,
Chief Eining responds, community outreach. The Draper Police Department
utilizes a number of community outreach programs such as community policing,
coffee with a cop, and the D.A.R.E. program (Community Resources, par 1). None of
these programs are new to the Draper Police Department as they have been doing
them all along. There are no further plans to change or add to existing policies and
plans in the Draper Police Department. The current state of the Draper Police
Department is pretty squared away as Chief Eining states.

Works Cited
Ariel, Barak, and Tony Farrar. SELF-AWARENESS TO BEING WATCHED AND SOCIALLY-DESIRABLE
BEHAVIOR: A FIELD EXPERIMENT ON THE EFFECT OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS ON POLICE USEOF FORCE. N.p., 2013. Print.
Community Resources. Draper City, UT Police Department. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2015.
<http://www.draper.ut.us/index.aspx?NID=517>.
Draper Police Report. N.p., 2014. Print.
Reavy, Pat, and McKenzie Romero. Utah Police Shoot, Kill 14 Men in 2014 More than Double the Previous
Year. Deseret News (2015): n. pag. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.
<http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865618902/Utah-police-shoot-kill-14-men-in-2014-2-more-than-double-theprevious-year.html?pg=all>.