Carlos Chaclan

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Name as recorded

Carlos Chaclan

Age as recorded

36

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

Hispanic/Latino

Date of the injury resulting in death

January 13, 2005

Location as recorded

Passaic, Passaic County129 Main Ave Passaic NJ 07055 Passaic

Highest level of force as recorded

Vehicle

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Clifton Police Department

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Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

With two Clifton patrol cars behind him, Carlos Chaclan drove a borrowed Ford Escort head-on into the wall of a bank. Police began the pursuit after seeing Chaclan's car weaving from lane to lane on Route 21, police said.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1km9LgRZFMBdyxcCMGWJa3kqdgvrg_HmPTbn-sllnyxg/edit?usp=sharing (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Carlos Chaclan died on January 13, 2005 in Passaic, Passaic County, with "Vehicle" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

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Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Clifton Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

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Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Passaic, Passaic County, on January 13, 2005. The address as recorded is 129 Main Ave Passaic NJ 07055 Passaic.

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Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?

No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

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