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Although the perils of policing mental health for Black individuals are recognized, it is unclear whether or to what extent police transport mediates the association between Black race and use of physical restraint in EDs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To evaluate the degree to which police transport mediates the association between Black race and use of physical restraint in EDs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>This retrospective, cross-sectional study used electronic health record data from ED visits by adults (aged \u226518 years) to 3 hospitals in the southeastern US and 10 in the northeastern US between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2022. Data were analyzed from September 1, 2022, to May 30, 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Race, ethnicity, and police transport to the hospital.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The primary outcome variable was the presence of an order for restraints during an ED visit.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>A total of 4\u202f263\u202f437 ED visits by 1\u202f257\u202f339 patients (55.5% of visits by female and 44.5% by male patients; 26.1% by patients 65 years or older) were included in the study. Black patients accounted for 27.5% of visits; Hispanic patients, 17.6%; White patients, 50.3%; and other or unknown race or ethnicity, 4.6%. In models adjusted for age, sex, site, previous behavioral or psychiatric history, and visit diagnoses, Black patients were at increased odds of experiencing restraint compared with White patients (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.33 [95% CI, 1.28-1.37]). Within the mediation analysis, Black patients had higher odds of being brought to the hospital by police compared with all other patients (AOR, 1.38 [95% CI, 1.34-1.42]). Patients brought to the ED under police transport had increased odds of experiencing restraint compared with all other modes of transport (AOR, 5.51 [95% CI, 5.21-5.82]). The estimated proportion of use of restraints for Black patients mediated by police transport was 10.70% (95% CI, 9.26%-12.53%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this cross-sectional study of ED visits across 13 hospitals, police transport may have mediated the association between Black race and use of physical restraint. 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