Deadly Calls and Fatal Encounters

Publication Date: 2024

Publication

Agency: Community Oriented Policing Services

In 2015, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office to study officer line-of-duty deaths. This report is a five-year study analyzing line-of-duty deaths in which a total of 684 cases were reviewed. Specifically, the analysis focused on cases involving dispatched calls for service that required a police response and the information that was made available to responding officers in the deadliest calls for service.  Armed with this information, researchers were then tasked with determining whether any commonalities existed that could be utilized as learning tools to prevent future deadly calls or fatal encounters. 

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Topic(s):

Determining Primary Aggressors Documentation and Report Writing Investigations Policy/Protocol Development Strangulation

VAWA Crime(s):

Dating Violence Domestic Violence

Role(s):

Call Centers/Dispatch Chief/Sheriff/Executive First Line Supervisor Investigator/Detective Patrol Officer/Deputy

Jurisdiction(s):

Rural Suburban Urban