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8. This is the New York City Police report from 2012

Reply to marble falls (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 05:59 PM

Dec 2013

It makes for interesting reading. It's sad to see that 9 of the 105 discharges were due to suicides or attempted suicides. While the numbers increased from 2011 to 2012, the trend in police weapons discharges has been downward. The highest number of shooting incidents of all types in NYC happened in 1972 with 994. There has been an almost 10 fold decrease since then.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/analysis_and_planning/nypd_annual_firearms_discharge_report_2012.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