http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/justice-department-track-police-shooting-use-force.html 2016-10-13 20:21:21 Justice Department to Track Killings by Police Across U.S. The effort is the most ambitious the federal government has ever undertaken to track police killings and the use of force. === WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Thursday that it would begin collecting nationwide data on deadly police encounters early next year, starting the most ambitious effort the federal government has ever undertaken to track police killings and the use of force after a series of episodes embroiled cities across the country in protests and investigations. In the aftermath of fatal encounters in places like The project will collect data not only on deadly shootings by local, state and federal officers, but also on the deaths of civilians in police custody through suicide or natural causes.