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“OISs [Officer Involved Shootings] preceded by officer-initiated contacts are more likely to involve unarmed suspects than… e.g., call for service… Black OIS suspects are more likely to [be] stopped on the officer’s initiation than non-black OIS suspects."

A Review of Officer-Involved Shootings in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
October
2012
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