Key Observations:

• Police departments with more college-educated officers have relatively fewer use of force complaints.
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• Police officers with four-year college degrees were nearly 30% less likely to discharge their firearms.8 Furthermore, agencies where officers had at least a two-year degree had a lower rate of civilian complaints about the use of force.
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• 25% of citizens with mental health diagnoses have a history of arrest.
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• People with untreated mental health needs are 16 times more likely than the general population to be killed during a police encounter.