police_deaths {fivethirtyeight}

The Dallas Shooting Was Among The Deadliest For Police In U.S. History

Description

The raw data behind the story "The Dallas Shooting Was Among The Deadliest For Police In U.S. History" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-dallas-shooting-was-among-the-deadliest-for-police-in-u-s-history/.

Usage

police_deaths

Format

A data frame with 22800 rows representing Police officers/dogs who lost their lives and 7 variables:

person

Name of person/canine who died

cause_of_death

Cause of death

date

Date of event

year

Year of event

canine

TRUE if canine, FALSE if human

dept_name

Name of police department

state

State of police department

Source

Officer Down Memorial Page https://www.odmp.org/