SUICIDE BY COP EXPLAINED

Some individuals thinking about suicide feel that provoking law enforcement into killing them is the best way to act out their wish. With the specific intention of provoking a law enforcement response, the person may commit a crime, Whether committing suicide in this manner can be accomplished depends specifically on the policy on the use of deadly force. There are usually set circumstances where police will predictably use deadly force against a threat to themselves or others in jurisdictions where officials are readily capable of deadly force. Exploiting this trained reaction is how this form of suicide functions. Pointing a firearm at a police officer or an innocent person is the most common scenario . This would reasonably provoke an officer to fire on them in defense. Many variants exist, for example, trying to run an officer or other person over with a car, trying a (real or presumed) explosive device or attacking with a knife or other hand weapon. All this is dependent on the person's state of mind and their desire to end their own life.