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Deaths in Custody Statistical Tables

Deaths in Custody Statistical Tables
State and local law enforcement arrest-related deaths, 2003-2006

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Table 12. Number of arrest-related deaths, by characteristics of the law enforcement agency involved and cause of death, 2003-2006

		Cause of death, 2003-2006
		All causes		Homicide		Drug/alcohol intoxication		Suicide		Accident		Illness		Other/ unknown
	All deaths	2,686		1,553		317		289		182		139		206
Type of agency involved in arrest*
	Sheriff's office	541		325		46		61		40		17		52
	Local police department	1,952		1,104		258		205		127		112		146
	State police/highway patrol	150		99		9		21		11		5		5
	Special jurisdiction police	23		13		3		1		3		3		0
	Constables	7		5		1		0		0		1		0
Number of full-time sworn personnel employed by the agency involved*
	1–9	68		33		4		13		5		6		7
	10–24	130		62		15		31		7		7		8
	25–49	217		120		15		45		15		12		10
	50–99	243		132		28		30		21		13		19
	100–249	383		215		56		32		30		19		31
	250–499	325		194		39		24		23		15		30
	500–999	290		170		36		34		24		8		18
	1,000 or more	1,014		616		124		79		57		58		80
Note: Detail may not sum to totals due to missing data. * In cases involving multiple arresting agencies, the characteristics of the largest agency are reported.

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