Suicide by cop (abbreviated as: SbC[1]), also known as suicide by police or law-enforcement-assisted suicide,[2] is a suicide method in which a suicidal individual deliberately behaves in a threatening manner with intent to provoke a lethal response from a public safety or law enforcement officer[3] to end their own life.
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