Injury patterns of less lethal kinetic impact projectiles used by law enforcement officers

•Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) are a Less Lethal option available to law enforcement officers.•These projectiles can produce blunt trauma at impact sites, which can range from mild to fatal.•Expert physicians reviewed KIP uses and rated injury severity as mild, moderate, or severe, and tracked a...

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Published inJournal of forensic and legal medicine Vol. 69; p. 101892
Main Authors Beatty, Jennifer A., Stopyra, Jason P., Slish, John H., Bozeman, William P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2020
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Databases, Factual
Female
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Male
Middle Aged
Pathology
Police
Retrospective Studies
United States - epidemiology
Weapons
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Young Adult
United States
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Summary:•Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) are a Less Lethal option available to law enforcement officers.•These projectiles can produce blunt trauma at impact sites, which can range from mild to fatal.•Expert physicians reviewed KIP uses and rated injury severity as mild, moderate, or severe, and tracked all KIP uses.•Among 33 KIP uses, 32 subjects (97%) had mild or no injuries; one moderate injury (3%) requiring hospitalization occurred; there were no severe injuries or fatalities.•These data suggest that the overall significant injury rate after KIP use is low.
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ISSN:1752-928X
1878-7487
1878-7487
DOI:10.1016/j.jflm.2019.101892