Not just an urban problem: New study reports higher rate of shootings by police across suburbs and rural areas

Media coverage of shootings by police typically involve urban incidents, giving the impression that the issue is unique to cities. However, national data built from the Gun Violence Archive tells a different story, showing …
— Read on medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-urban-problem-higher-police-suburbs.html

Wide variation in rates of police killings suggests unnecessary deaths

One in three police homicides could have been avoided without endangering police or the public, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. Eight percent of all homicides of adult men in the United States are committed …
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-02-wide-variation-police-unnecessary-deaths.html

Researcher finds police killings can discourage engagement with local government

Following police killings, residents of the surrounding community are less likely to engage with their local government, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher.
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-07-police-discourage-engagement-local.html

Methodological Challenges for Research on Racial Bias in Police Shootings | RAND

The authors of this report discuss methodological and data challenges for studying racial bias in police shootings in the United States and suggest future directions for research to address these issues.
— Read on www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA243-8.html

Get a .PDF copy of the report HERE

Police Shootings of Residents Across the United States, 2015–20

Get the report here:

rockinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Police-Shootings-Comparative-Analysis-01.pdf

Mapping Police Violence

America’s most comprehensive database of killings by police. Learn the
facts about police brutality and how to address it.
— Read on mappingpoliceviolence.squarespace.com/

Office of the Maine AG: Police Shooting Reports

Here is a list of AG reports on Police Shootings. There is a link to archived reports that go back to 2007. Check them out.
— Read on www.maine.gov/ag/news/shooting_reports.shtml

Deadly police shootings keep happening. Data could be a missing piece | PBS NewsHour

Across the nation, 713 people have been fatally shot by police this year.
— Read on www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/deadly-police-shootings-keep-happening-data-could-be-a-missing-piece

Race and Police Shootings: What New Research Says – CityLab

Two new studies have revived the long-running debate over how police respond to white criminal suspects versus African Americans.
— Read on www.citylab.com/equity/2019/08/police-officer-shootings-gun-violence-racial-bias-crime-data/595528/

The latest in the trial of Michael Rosfeld – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive

Officer involved shooting the Antwon Rose case
— Read on newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/michael-rosfeld-trial-antwon-rose/