By Liliana CiprianoNATIONAL — A comprehensive 2025 Police Violence Report released by the nonprofit research organization Mapping Police Violence shows that at least 1,201 people were killed by law enforcement officers across the United States, making 2025 one of the deadliest years for police violence since the organization began tracking data in 2013. The 2025 Police Violence Report documents the number of killings by police declined slightly from the record 1,271 deaths recorded in 2024, but noted that the total remains higher than years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the report, Alaska recorded the highest rate of deaths involving law enforcement officers in 2025, with approximately 13.5 killings per 1 million residents. The report indicates that in 2025, approximately 95% of deaths involving police officers resulted from police shootings. According to Mapping Police Violence, 98 people killed by police in 2025 were unarmed, with the majority being people of color.