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Apr 29, 2024 · The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations. No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity.
- Arrest-related deaths, by manner of death and weapon causing death, FY 2021
- Race
- Terms and definitions
- Overview
- Identifying and excluding duplicate records
Federal law enforcement oficer State/local task force oficer Otherb Unknown/missingc Suicide Natural Accident Unknown/missingc,d
White Black American Indian/Alaska Native Asian Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Two or more races Unknown/missing*
Cause of death—A description of the specific factors leading to the termination of the biological functions that sustain life. Decedent—A person who died. Federal arrest-related death—A death that occurs when the event causing the death (e.g., gunshot wound, self-inflicted injury, cardiac arrest, fall from a height, or drowning) occurs while the de...
The Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA) requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to submit to the U.S. attorney general information about the death of any person who is— detained, under arrest, or in the process of being arrested by a federal law enforcement oficer (or by a state or local law enforcement oficer while participating...
Determining which agency has custody may be complicated by dual law enforcement and detention functions and overlapping jurisdiction with state and local law enforcement authorities. Duplicate death records may occur due to overlapping correctional populations, jurisdictions, and functions (arrest and detention) within an agency. Agencies participa...
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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 ...
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 ...
