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germany records every single bullet its police officers fire. do you want to know the number of bullets fired? According to a research brief by the Center for
by hbt 3y ago
germany records every single bullet its police officers fire.
do you want to know the number of bullets fired?
According to a research brief by the Center for Homicide Research1, there were 11 cases of accidental discharges by police officers in Germany from 2000 to 2012, resulting in one death and six injuries. This means that on average, there were less than one accidental discharge per year in Germany during this period.
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- giantg2 3y agoThe injury rate seems extremely high - 11 accidental (assuming includes negligent) discharges and 7 of those results in injury or death. Unless those are self-inflicted (glock foot), that seems really high.
- foxyv 3y ago> germany records every single bullet its police officers fire. I really wish we hadn't blocked this level of record keeping in the USA. All our data has to be gleaned from other sources. The FBI tries to collect this data, but 40% of law enforcement agencies don't provide it. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/06/14/what-did-fbi-data-say-about-crime-in-2021-it-s-too-unreliable-to-tell https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/06/14/what-did-fbi-d...