This report provides a descriptive overview of use-of-force incidents reported by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (STPSO) from 2022 through 2025. Over this four-year period, STPSO documented 754 unique individuals subjected to force. The reported incidents took place in both street enforcement encounters, as well as in the St. Tammany Parish jail. The most common types of force used were hands-on techniques and verbal commands, which together accounted for more than three-quarters of all force applications. Most individuals subjected to force were male (77.5%) and between the ages of 18 and 44 (85.6%). Black residents were the subject of 46.2% of all use-of-force incidents despite representing just 12.2% of St. Tammany Parish’s population–a disparity ratio of 3.79, meaning Black residents were subjected to force at nearly four times the rate their population share would predict. White residents, who make up 73.8% of the parish population, accounted for 50.0% of force incidents, yielding a disparity ratio of 0.68, or roughly two-thirds of their expected share. Citizen injury rates declined over the reporting period. Annual volume was relatively stable from 2022 to 2024 (roughly 176-186 individuals per year) before rising to 212 in 2025, which is a modest but notable increase of about 17%.




