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by maxerickson
3120 days ago
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(where false negatives mean they die) This study finds a substantial difference in high crime areas, but still most officers never discharge their weapon in the line of duty: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/08/a-closer-loo... About one-in-five officers (22%) in areas with at least six and but fewer than 10 violent crimes per 1,000 residents in 2015 have ever fired their service weapon. By contrast, about a third (32%) of officers who work in areas with a lower violent crime rate have discharged their gun. In areas where the violent crime rate is 10 or more, 28% of officers have fired their weapon. However, that proportion is not significantly different from the share that works in communities with fewer than six or six to fewer than 10 violent crimes per 1,000 residents. Maybe the best way to stop them firing first is to not let them carry a firearm. |
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