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Suicide by Cop

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Suicide by Cop
A popular term for the intentional use by an individual of threatening behaviour toward law enforcement officers, such that they kill the individual in what they believe is self-defence


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They discuss the psychological aftermath of officers involved in suicide by cop shootings, and also present a theoretical concept of "suicide by suspect," referring to a police officer who intentionally puts himself in harm's way in order to die.
COLLECTION CONUNDRUM Suicide by cop is not the first phenomenon to arise requiring an amendment to this national reporting process.
Although the term suicide by cop has been discussed in social-science literature,(1) in police training material, and in newspaper accounts of fatal shootings by police, much remains to be learned.
 
 
 
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