The number of police-involved lethal force incidents in the U.S. dropped 24% from 2021 to 2023, as revealed in the latest release of national SPOTLITE data by the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research. This latest release of SPOTLITE data also offers, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of the demographic characteristics of civilians involved in police uses of lethal force across the U.S., including incidents without lethal outcomes. SPOTLITE is the most authoritative nationwide accounting of police uses of lethal force available today. It includes any incident in which police used a firearm — including those with nonfatal outcomes — as well as any other use of force that resulted in a death. The SPOTLITE dashboard lets anyone explore past uses of lethal force by police for every county in the United States. For more background on the project, visit https://news.illinois.edu/research-police-uses-of-lethal-force-dropped-dramatically-in-us-from-2021-23/.