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Law enforcement oficers discharged their firearms in 42% of arrest-related deaths in. FY 2021. The majority (80%) of the 613 deaths in custody in FY 2021 were due to natural causes or illnesses (including HIV/AIDS), followed by suicide (10%). In FY 2021, about 96% of those who died in custody were male, 62% were white, 32% were black, and 53% ...
There are currently 23,785 names of officers killed in the line of duty inscribed on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC, dating back to the first known death in 1786. The deadliest year on record for law enforcement was 2021, when 586 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty.
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May 23, 2023 · U.S. law enforcement officer deaths 1786-2023, by cause. Since the 1780s, over 25,000 United States law enforcement officers have died while on active duty, or due to injuries and illnesses ...
Death occurred as a result of (a) injuries sustained while in custody, (b) LE use of force to restrain/capture, (c) accidental injury/death while the victim was fleeing crime scene or arrest, or (d) victim was an innocent bystander killed by LE. Fatalities resulting from use of force were not intentional. Fatal injury while in custody.
- Sarah DeGue, Katherine A. Fowler, Cynthia Calkins
- 2016
Federal law enforcement agencies reported 65 arrest-related deaths and 614 deaths in custody in fiscal year (FY) 2020 (figure 1). From FY 2016 to FY 2019, federal agencies reported an average of 53 arrest-related deaths and 449 deaths in custody each year. There were more deaths in custody in FY 2020 than in any year since FY 2016.
We found that more than half of all deaths due to police violence that we estimated in the USA from 1980 to 2018 were unreported in the NVSS. Compounding this, we found substantial differences in the age-standardised mortality rate due to police violence over time and by racial and ethnic groups within the USA. Proven public health intervention strategies are needed to address these systematic ...
In 2021, 58 oficers died due to trafic-related causes, such as single-vehicle crashes, vehicle collisions, motorcycle crashes and “struck-by” incidents, while working along our nation’s roadways. These. 58 trafic-related fatalities are an increase of 38% compared to the 42 deaths during the same period last year.
