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The following list compares the size of police forces and police per head. In 2006, an analysis by the United Nations indicates an approximate median of 300 police officers per 100,000 inhabitants. [1]
A 1977 analysis of reports from major metropolitan departments found officers fired more shots at white suspects than at black suspects, possibly because of "public sentiment concerning treatment of blacks." A 1978 report found that 60 percent of black people shot by the police were armed with handguns, compared to 35 percent of white people shot.
Map of per capita police killings in the United States in 2018. [1]Below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, both on duty and off duty. . Although Congress instructed the Attorney General in 1994 to compile and publish annual statistics on police use of excessive force, this was never carried out, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not collect the
California cops get billions in funding, yet solve just 13% of crimes, new report says. ... Over 40% are victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault. It’s unconscionable. And California needs to ...
According to Gallup, Inc., in 2015, the percentage of people who have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the police hit its lowest since 1993 at 52 percent. [187] Of this 52 percent, Democrats saw the biggest drop in confidence.
Of further concern to critics is the disproportionate number of black students arrested. While black students represented 16 percent of the nation’s public school population in the 2011-12 school year, they made up 31 percent of students subjected to school-related arrests, according to a 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Education.
Fatalities decreased more than 10 percent with traffic-related fatalities the leading cause this year. [20] Firearms-related fatalities were the second-leading cause of officer deaths, with 44 officers shot and killed in 2017. This represents a 33 percent decrease from the 66 officers killed in firearm-related incidents during 2016. [21]
Table of Contents. Officers in Schools: The number of officers in schools rose sharply in the 90s and then held steady until 2014.; Weapons Officers Carry Between 2006 and 2010, schools that employed officers saw an 8-point rise in tasers and an 8-point drop in firearms.