PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A new report released by the Washington Post is shedding light on the growing epidemic of police-involved shootings in the United States.

In 2015 alone, 980 people were shot and killed by police – but none were killed in Rhode Island.

According to the report, Rhode Island was the only state in the country where police did not shoot and kill anyone with a gun.

Rhode Island State Police told Eyewitness News Monday that training and the use of Tasers are the reasons local officers did not make that list.

“For us, the baseline was a lot of training,” said Lt. Col. Kevin Barry. “We go through a tremendous amount of training to save a life or take a life and that’s a split decision by a police officer. One that he has to live with for the rest of his life if he ultimately has to make that decision to use deadly force.”

Lt. Col. Barry said that now, every trooper on the force has a Taser on their belt, which is located on the opposite side of the gun.

The Taser is bright yellow to prevent any mistakes, according to the Lieutenant Colonel.

“And that’s another tool that we can use to neutralize a potential threat,” he said.

According to the report, nine people were killed in 2015 in Massachusetts – and two were killed in Connecticut. In both states, all the people shot were men.

“It’s something that no one wants to do, but at the end of the day, if we have to protect the citizens and ourselves to go home at night at the end of our shift, that’s what going to happen,” Barry said.