(a)        In addition to its other duties, the Department of Public Safety shall collect, maintain, and annually publish the number of deaths, by law enforcement agency, resulting from the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers in the course and scope of their official duties.

(b)        For purposes of this section, “law enforcement officer” means sworn law enforcement officers with the power of arrest, both State and local. ?(2009-106, s. 1; 2012-182, ss. 1; 2014-100, s. 17.1(h), (uu).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143B-904

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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