Mortality Classification for Deaths With Nonfirearm Force by Police, 2012-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

For deaths preceded by nonfirearm force by law enforcement officers, mortality classification has potential implications for public accountability and epidemiologic surveillance.

Objective

To characterize the proportion of in-custody deaths for which cause and manner of death reflected the use of nonfirearm force by police officers and to assess factors associated with mortality classification.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study examined national data from the Associated Press's Lethal Restraint database. The analysis included deaths that occurred in 2012 to 2021 following the use of nonfirearm force by state or local police officers and that did not occur in prisons or jails.

Exposures

Death investigation system (medical ex

SUBMITTER: Feldman JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11953755 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature