Crisis 911: Police Killings, Racial Disparities, Behavioral Health Crisis, and Institutional Complicity in Maryland

Document Date: August 13, 2026

One hundred and forty-three people were killed by police in Maryland from 2015 through 2023. This report documents who they were and how they died and exposes a public safety and public health crisis rooted in systemic and institutional failures. Our report includes a searchable database, allowing readers to find, sort, and filter information about each encounter and conduct their own analysis of the data.

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ACLU of Maryland Releases Years-Long Database and Report on Police Killings in Maryland

Report confirms decades-long pattern of systemic and institutional failures that led to preventable and unnecessarily deadly police encounters.