washingtonpost/data-police-shootings resource
The Washington Post is compiling a database of every fatal shooting in the United States by a police officer in the line of duty since 2015. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
35/100
- Activity 27
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4082
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 442
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1142 stars · 510 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A continuously updated dataset compiled by The Washington Post documenting every fatal police shooting in the United States since 2015, including victim demographics, circumstances, and involved law enforcement agencies. It is published in two schema versions (v1 and v2) as CSV data files with documentation.
Use cases
- analyze trends in fatal police shootings over time
- study racial disparities in police-involved killings
- research police accountability at the department level
- build visualizations of police violence data
- compare federal statistics with independent counts of fatal shootings
- support journalism or academic research on law enforcement use of force
When to choose
- you need a comprehensive, independently verified record of US fatal police shootings since 2015
- you want structured CSV data with documented schema for analysis
- you need agency-level attribution for accountability research
When to avoid
- you need data on deaths in police custody or non-shooting fatalities
- you need real-time incident data with no reporting lag
- you need data outside the United States
Facets
dataset · maturity active
data-science analytics data-science analytics legal social-media cross-platform police-shootings open-data journalism csv washington-post public-safety united-states
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/washingtonpost/data-police-shootings · fetched 2026-08-28 · dcdfed5d298d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| washingtonpost/data-police-shootings | main | 35 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="washingtonpost/data-police-shootings")
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