Here are five things to know:
1. There is no reliable official U.S. data that exists on the number of persons killed by the police, although deaths of police officers are typically well-documented.
2. In a PLOS Medicine essay, the researchers argue that police-related deaths are countable, as shown by “The Counted,” a website launched by The Guardian.
3. The website showed that 500 people were killed by the police in the U.S. from January 2015 to June 2015. This figure is twice the number that would be expected based on FBI estimates.
4. The researchers write that police-related deaths, of both persons killed by law enforcement agents and also law enforcement agents killed in the line of duty, are a public health concern, and not just a criminal justice concern, due to the fact that these involve mortality and affect the well-being of the families and communities of the deceased.
5. The researchers state that if police-related deaths are treated as a public health condition, it would allow public health departments to report this data in real-time, which will help in understanding and preventing the problem.
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