Police fatalities from 2000 to 2016
This dataset aims to provide insight into individuals who were killed during altercations with police. It includes information on their age, race, mental health status, weapons they were armed with, and if they were fleeing.
Content
some of the features are in the original data and the others were added in this updated version.
- UID, Unique ID of the murdered, In the original data
- Name, The name of the murdered, In the original data
- Age, The age of the murdered, In the original data
- Stages of Life, The age stage of the murdered, Added in this updated version
- Gender, The Gender of the murdered, In the original data
- Race, The Race of the murdered, In the original data
- Date, The date of death, In the original data
- Year, The year in which the death occurred, Added in this updated version
- Quarter, The Quarter in which the death occurred, Added in this updated version
- Month, The month in which the death occurred, Added in this updated version
- Week, The week in which the death occurred, Added in this updated version
- Day, The day in which the death occurred, Added in this updated version
- City, The City in which the death occurred, In the original data
- State, The State in which the death occurred, In the original data
- Region, The Region in which the death occurred, Added in this updated version
- Manner of death In what way was the victim killed?, In the original data
- Armed, Did the victim have a weapon?, In the original data
- Mental illness, Was the victim mentally ill?, In the original data
- Flee, Did the victim try to escape?, In the original data
Acknowledgements
This dataset comes from https://data.world/awram/us-police-involved-fatalities.