The Portland Police Bureau released its use of force report for 2017's second quarter, covering April 1 to June 30.

The bureau reported 127 cases in which force was used, out of 89,970 calls for service.

Force was used against 143 people, while 6,123 people were taken into custody.

The bureau's quarterly report does not include force used during crowd control encounters or officer-involved shootings.

The following graphs show police used force in 2.3 percent of its arrests. Disturbance calls and traffic stops resulted in more frequent use of force. Officers in East Precinct accounted for the most force used in the bureau in April and June, while North Precinct officers used the most force in May of this year. When force was used involving a person in a mental health crisis, officers most often used a Taser, followed by a physical takedown of a person, the report shows.

The 207 force reports police completed during the second quarter of this year marked a drop from the 315 reports in the same quarter in 2016. The 207 force reports this quarter also dropped from the 247 force reports completed in the first quarter of this year.

Here's a link to the full report.

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FDCRs are force data collection reports, reports officers must complete after the use of force.

The 207 force reports police completed during the second quarter of this year marked a drop from the 315 reports in the same quarter in 2016. The 207 force reports this quarter also dropped from the 247 force reports completed in the first quarter of this year.

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CEW stands for conducted electrical weapon, more commonly known as a stun gun, or Taser.

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Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive

As the Portland Police Bureau force data was released for the second quarter of this year, city-hired consultants released its own report calling on the bureau to spend more time training officers on how to calm a tense encounter to avoid the use of force.

The consultants wrote: "We have called upon the PPB to give greater emphasis to building verbal communication and de-escalation skills that are essential for preventing or minimizing the use of force and to treat people with respect and dignity," the consultants wrote. "To date, however, insufficient time and quality instruction has been devoted to these important behaviors."

Read that report here.