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by jcims 1726 days ago
There are ~50 officers 'feloniously killed' in the US every year.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/leoka/2018/topic-pages/officers-feloniou...

If you dig around most other nations have substantially lower rates of LEO homicides.

Bunch of older stats here https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/ph98.pdf

I think one begets the other in a positive feedback loop that is difficult to break.