Police Officer Involved Shooting Statistics
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Police officer involved shooting statistics. 09 22 2020 1004 people have been shot and killed by police in 2019 992 people have been shot and killed by police in 2018 986 people have been shot and killed by police in 2017 962 people have been shot and killed by police in 2016 994 people have been shot and killed by police in 2015. But data on these deadly. According to the fbi s uniform crime reporting ucr there were 686 665 sworn police officers in the united states in 2018.
In 2018 there were 996 fatal police shootings and in 2019 this figure increased to 1 004. Additionally the rate of fatal police shootings among black americans was much higher than that for any. For the last five years the police have fatally shot about 1 000 civilians annually the vast majority of whom were armed or otherwise dangerous.
19 2018 fatal police shootings of unarmed people have significantly declined experts say may 7 2018. Every shooting needs to be evaluated on its own merits and only one of the involved officers has been charged with murder but for this analysis assume all involved excessive use of force. Therefore it is important for a law enforcement agency lea to prepare police officers in advance for the physical and emotional reactions they may experience in.
That s one unarmed black male shot and killed for every 49 047 sworn police officers. This data does not include deaths of people in police custody fatal shootings by off duty officers or non shooting deaths the post s data shows police fatally shot 13 unarmed black men. Fbi releases 2019 statistics on law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty according to statistics reported to the fbi 89 law enforcement officers were killed in line of duty incidents in.
The latest police shootings database. 721 people have been shot and killed by police in 2020 updated. Months after a fatal police shooting a young officer turns his gun on himself dec.
Black people account for about 23 of those shot. However not all homicides by law enforcement personnel involve shooting deaths.