Police Homicides

The following is a list of some ways non-governmental groups track Police Homicides data, primarily using news articles:

DATABASES

• Fatal Encounters “creating an impartial, comprehensive, and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police”
• Washington Post Police Shootings Database. National database from 2015 to present
• National database with good graphics from Statista
• Mapping Police Violence sites, a project of Campaign Zero
  • MappingPoliceViolence.org
  • MappingPoliceViolence.us
  • PoliceViolenceReport.org
• Portland Copwatch Tracks and publishes the names of loved ones killed in Oregon. Reports on police homicides throughout Oregon.
• Oregon State DOJ Database of people killed by Oregon Law Enforcement since 2008 as required by SB-111, but the database is incomplete, missing ~25% of entries, according to Portland Copwatch.

Additional Information

• Report on experiences of Families of Loved Ones lost to police violence
• 2020 CNN Report on international rates of police shootings and incarcerations.

Laws on Police Accountability

• Legislation Info: Campaign Zero “We can live in a world where the police don’t kill people by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability.”
• Policing Strategies from Everytown for Gun Safety