Who are the "police" in "police violence"? Fatal violence by U.S. law enforcement agencies across levels of government.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Police violence is increasingly recognized as an urgent public health problem. Basic questions about police violence, however, remain unanswered, including which types of law enforcement agency are responsible for fatal police violence deaths.

Methods

We estimated the proportion of police violence deaths in the U.S. (2013-2022) that were attributable to local, county, state, federal, or tribal police agencies, using mapping police violence data. We examined proportions overall, by decedent race/ethnicity, and by state.

Results

Nationally, 60% of decedents were killed by municipal, 29% by county, 8% by state, and 3% by federal, police, with < 1% killed by tribal or other officers. These proportions varied by race/ethnicity, with 56% of Native American decede

SUBMITTER: Jahn JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10993425 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature