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“A minimum of 1 in 4 fatal police encounters ends the life of an individual with severe mental illness. At this rate, the risk of being killed during a police incident is 16 times greater for individuals with untreated mental illness than for other civilians."

Overlooked in the Undercounted: The Role of Mental Illness in Fatal Law Enforcement Encounters Overlooked in the Undercounted: The Role of Mental Illness in Fatal Law Enforcement Encounters
Overlooked in the Undercounted: The Role of Mental Illness in Fatal Law Enforcement Encounters
Treatment Advocacy Center
Fuller, Doris A. / Lamb, H. Richard / Biasotti, Michael / Snook, John
December 2015
https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/storage/documents/overlooked-in-the-undercounted.pdf
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