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Author: Wetchler, Everett

Title: Fact Sheet: Officer-Involved Shootings and Custodial Deaths in Texas

Summary: Since 2005, there have been 8,730 deaths of civilians in the custody of Texas law enforcement. In the past decade, officer-involved shootings in Texas have been on the rise. Data obtained from the Texas Office of the Attorney General shows that since Sept. 1, 2015, there have been 466 civilians shot by Texas law enforcement, and 78 officers have been shot. Officers involved in shootings skew younger and male than the general population of Texas law enforcement officers. Overall, most deaths that occur in Texas law enforcement custody are due to natural causes, but that nearly half of all deaths of inmates housed alone in a jail cell are suicides.

Details: Austin, Texas: Texas Justice Initiative, 2018. 9p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 17, 2019 at: http://texasjusticeinitiative.org/publications/

Year: 2018

Country: United States

URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d2UBGXA_5YSv6TdcTZLrGe2X3zUBU3QR/view

Shelf Number: 154986

Keywords:
Deaths in Custody
Jail
Officer Involved Fatalities
Officer Involved Shootings
Police Accountability
Police Brutality
Police Shootings
Police Use of Deadly Force
Police Use of Force
Police-Citizen Encounters
Suicide

Author: Annan-Phan, Sebastien

Title: Hot Temperatures, Aggression, and Death at the Hands of the Police: Evidence from the U.S.

Summary: We study the effect of temperature on police-involved civilian deaths in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016. We show that violent crimes and assaulted or killed officers increase with warmer days (17 Degrees C and more), indicating an increased risk of personal harm on such days. Despite the higher threat level, temperatures have a precise null impact on the number of deaths via firearms, suggesting officers exercise judgment over their use of firearms independently of threat level. However, deaths from Tasers significantly increase during 'extremely warm' days (32 Degrees Celsius and more), indicating a need to reevaluate Taser-use policies to prevent unintended deaths.

Details: S.L.: 2019. 35p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 30, 2019 at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vtokad56yf0uuag/Annan-Phan%20and%20Ba%20%282019%29.pdf?dl=0

Year: 2019

Country: United States

URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vtokad56yf0uuag/Annan-Phan%20and%20Ba%20%282019%29.pdf?dl=0

Shelf Number: 155251

Keywords:
Deaths by Firearms
Deaths by Tasers
Firearms Related Deaths
Officer Involved Fatalities
Officer Involved Shootings
Tasers
Violent Crimes
Weather