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5. I can't find nationwide statistics, but...

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 03:52 PM

Dec 2013

...this is from Philadelphia. What I find interesting is the police were assaulted with a weapon in the first 9 months of this year 169 times and assaulted 589 times but only responded by shooting 34 times. This was out of a total of 2.5 million dispatched calls.

http://phillypolice.com/themes/ppdv1/content-ois/OIS-MasterReport-Statistics-111413.pdf

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2013: Fewest Police Deaths by Firearms Since 1887 [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 OP

"The report credits an increased culture of safety among law-enforcement agencies" NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

I suspect the number of citizens killed by the police, has never been higher. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #3

Is the number of shootings by police officers also down? LiberalArkie Dec 2013 #2

It would be interesting to know. I'm not sure anyone tracks that...nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #4

I can't find nationwide statistics, but... OnlinePoker Dec 2013 #5

Here's the list over the years...I'll let you count them. Ellipsis Dec 2013 #10

FBI UCR tracks justifiable homicides Kennah Dec 2013 #12

Does that mean that now when a cop caps a random JoeyT Dec 2013 #6

I'm thinking ... Kennah Dec 2013 #14

Maybe now we can start to move the arguments about gun control on both sides from a mispercieved.... marble falls Dec 2013 #7

This is the New York City Police report from 2012 OnlinePoker Dec 2013 #8

Better body armor? nt MADem Dec 2013 #9

In years gone by, yes. Today, probably not so much. Kennah Dec 2013 #13

To be expected when "shoot first, ask questions later" becomes SOP 1000words Dec 2013 #11