PLEASE NOTE:
PPSC will be building this archive with police shooting-related articles appearing in newspapers from around the United States, Canada, England, and Australia. We'd like anyone privy to a police shooting in their locale to bring it to our attention for inclusion in these archives.
National Perspectives
- Fatality Inquiry On Hold
- Expert: Little Time to React
- Forget TV and Movies; Police Trained to Shoot for Torso
- Police Shoot “as last resort”
- Punishment for officers involved in justified shootings kept private
- 11 Years of Police Gunfire, in Painstaking Detail
- Iowa City PD officers used force less in 2007
- Deadly Force To shoot or not to shoot
- Nigeria: Investigate Widespread Killings by Police
- Officer who shot armed teen gets award
- NYPD Shooting Revives Debate Over Force
- Police face deadly decisions
- No policy review after shooting
- OIS: Riverside County Tops LA County
- SWAT team kills suspect
- Gun appears and officer must decide
- Fatal Police Shooting Matches Total For 2006
- Crime: ‘Contagious’ Gunfire?
- Self-Defense Claims Common In Murder, Assault Cases
- Expert: Motorist Shooting Justified
- Judge says pit bulls are deadly weapons
- Mistake of Fact Shooting?
- Bradenton Police Defend Use of Force
- War Stretches Nation’s Ammo Supply
- Police shootings occur in clusters
- Police shootings occur in clusters
- Police Shoot Prisoner During Escape, Carjacking
- Sheriff: Deadly force would have been OK
- Caught On Tape: Police Chase Ends In Shootout
- Policies determine when officers can shoot
- Behavior of Citizens Shot or Killed by Deputies
- Sheriff’s department: Officer who fatally shot parolee was justified
- Another “Furtive Movement” Shooting
- Fatal Shootings by Police: Hard to Investigate – Prosecute
- Statistics Reflect NYPD Restraint
- How Common Is Contagious Shooting?
- Man dies after being shot by police with beanbag weapon
- The Fine Line in Deadly Force
- Dedicated officer recovering from stab wound
- Handgun replica draws police in full force
- Lack of Police Video Fuels Suit Over Death
- Police Show Tape of Fatal Shooting
- Officer Said He Saw a Gun Before Shooting the Driver
- Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Rock-Throwing Man
- FBI Cleared In Deadly Puerto Rico Raid
- Shot officer grateful, disgusted
- Police spouse criticizes coverage of officer involved shootings
- Police Say Lafayette Officer Fires at Vehicle Trying to Hit Him
- Carjaking Leads To Police Shoot-Out
- Suspect turns Taser on police officer
- Suspect Bit By K9, Shot By SWAT
- Shreveport Officers Shoot, Wound Gunman
- Police given early clearance to shoot
- Police Open Fire As Driver Attempts To Run Officers Over
- Emergency radio captures routine stop turned violent in Port Salerno
- Chief: Officer acted properly
- Is the gun real or a fake? Phony weapons more prevalent; police forced to assume the worst
- 20th anniversary of deadly FBI shootout remembered
- Police kill suspect after fatal shooting at Bashas’
- Toy guns lead to A very close Call
- Police: BB guns look too realistic for user’s safety
- VIDEO: Good Samaritans Step in During Officer Attack
- Shot fired at man who tried to hit officer
- Controlling Police Use of Excessive Force
- No One Knows National Figures On Police Shootings
- When Police Shoot
- Questionable Police Shootings: Why They Persist
- Yet Another Sorry Lesson for the Hapless Feds
- A Toy Gun, A Real Crime
- DEADLY FORCE: A Question Of Necessity
- Criminals Shot Typically Are Young, Poor, Impaired Men
- Police, School District Defend Drug Raid
- Justice Mulls Shooting Standard
PPSC Staff Editorials
Questionable Police Shootings
State Archives
(PLEASE NOTE: If there are no articles in the state you choose, you will receive a "not found" error. This area is updated regularly so check back often.)
International Archives
Australia
Canada
Kenya
United Kingdom
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