The fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month shocked the nation. But here’s what should alarm us even more: we have no idea how many similar incidents have occurred.

In 2026, the United States still has no federal law requiring law enforcement agencies—including ICE—to report when they use force against civilians.

Campaign Zero’s Andrew Zaharia, Interim Managing Director of Research & Data, spoke to The American Prospect about this critical gap in accountability:

“It’s insane that agencies are not required to report when they kill a civilian. That’s outrageous … we’d rather not have to collect this data, it would be better if they just reported it themselves.”

As the article notes, we know more about people injured by cows each year than people injured by our own government. That’s not a technology problem—it’s a choice. And it’s one that allows violence to flourish in the dark, with no accountability and no path to reform.

Campaign Zero’s Mapping Police Violence database exists only because the government refuses to do this work itself.