There is no reliable national data on how many people are shot by police officers each year. In signing this petition, I am urging the President to bring an end to this absence of visibility by creating a federally controlled, publicly accessible database of officer-involved shootings.
This database will establish a new standard of transparency into police shootings and serve as a central source of data that can be used to identify patterns and key opportunities for improvements. It will provide oversight with factual data, as opposed to assumptions, and also improve the US Government's oversight of these incidents.