Increased Transparency: National Data Collection on Police Deadly Force.
This law requires the federal government to establish standard rules for collecting and publishing data on every instance of deadly force used by federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. The goal is to increase transparency by providing citizens with standardized statistics on the circumstances, location, and demographic characteristics of the individuals and officers involved. The data will be public, but personally identifiable information will be strictly protected.
Key points
Mandatory collection of detailed data on every use of deadly force by law enforcement across the US, including information on the race, gender, and age of involved parties.
Public access to statistics regarding the use of force, aiming to increase accountability and public trust, while strictly protecting the identities of all individuals involved.
Police agencies that fail to report this data will face a 10% reduction in their federal crime-fighting grants.
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