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  • New database catalogs police shootings in Illinois to improve accountability

    Oct 7, 2022 10:45 am by Phil CicioraInsights
    U. of I. student Sruthi Navneetha, part of SPOTLITE’s student research team, compiles data and scans news articles for police uses of lethal force. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • U. of I. student Sruthi Navneetha, part of SPOTLITE’s student research team, compiles data and scans news articles for police uses of lethal force. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    An interdisciplinary team of U of I experts has developed a statewide registry on the use of lethal force by police officers in Illinois. It identified more than twice as many police-involved shooting incidents than previously reported.