...when one considers that there are more than 750,000 police officers in the United States and that these officers have tens of millions of interactions with citizens each year, it is clear that police shootings are extremely rare events and that few officers--less than one-half of 1 percent each year--ever shoot anyone.
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Related When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. Th... MARY FRANCES BERRY In general, we as police officers - at least the good police officers - like to look at each situati... STEVEN SEAGAL In the era of angry and aggressive policing, it is an honorable service to your fellow citizens to v... STEVEN MAGEE With rising crime, and the threat of terrorism putting ever more pressure on the police, it is not s... DAVID DAVIS Police officers are among the most corrupt people that I have encountered in life. STEVEN MAGEE In millions of encounters each year between the police and the public, it may be too much to expect ... RAHM EMANUEL I think their (police officers) chances of surviving a potential shoot-out are greatly increased wit... BENNY MORRIS When you realize that incompetent police officers are harassing you, you need to call 911 and demand... STEVEN MAGEE We can't go beyond the two police officers that were sent there on a peace-keeping mission last year... JEFF RAMSAY We file thousands of cases a year as a police agency, ... We know what the criteria is to file a cas... BERNARD PARKS Our claim has always been that there was a policy of failing to discipline police officers that resu... ERIC SAFIRE Correctional officers are just like police officers on the streets of any community. But for correct... DINA TYLER Police internal affairs are in the business of protecting corrupt and incompetent police officers fr... STEVEN MAGEE I believe that if we are asking the citizens of Garland to pay more in taxes for additional police o... BOB DAY Police officers are well known for their aggressive behaviors, search "Police Officer Angry Aggressi... STEVEN MAGEE You have over 30,000 police officers in this state that are watching this case very closely. ERIC STOLTENBERG Instead of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on compulsory ID cards... let that money provide t... TONY BLAIR We need more police officers. BRENDA BROWN I can't tell about these specific officers, but what we are going to see now are very highly stresse... HOWARD OSOFSKY Most police cars are the equivalent of an electrical room on wheels and it does not surprise me that... STEVEN MAGEE Western police officers are an arguably corrupt group of people that have rigged the system to make ... STEVEN MAGEE We are waiting for more developments in the investigations by provincial police officers. ANTON BACHRUL ALAM The role of these five people is still being investigated by police officers. SOENARKO ARTANTO He is so grateful for the work that most of the police officers did. There's always a few bad apples... JOSEPH BRUNO I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. BOBBY SEALE We are now looking for those responsible for the destruction of the police office. We will summon fi... ANTON ALAM Why are the police REALLY having trouble recruiting officers - especially Black officers? We have to... BOBBY F. KIMBROUGH JR. Police officers are allowed to legally use guns. WU HEPING Local prosecutors work alongside local police officers on a regular basis and are therefore conflict... AL SHARPTON Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harm's way every day, every wee... JAMES MCGREEVEY Very often we find that citizens are found by police officers on the side of the road or wandering t... MAURY MITCHELL I think if our police officers put their energies in the borough solely, and we have one officer per... CHARLES ECKSTINE Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed... MIKE CRAPO But we are, too. We're putting 50 more police officers on the streets. LINWOOD NORMAN The current elements available to me indicate that the police officers were not chasing these youths... NICOLAS SARKOZY People need to understand that National Guard members are not trained police officers and they don't... ANTHONY WILLIAMS Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police... ERIC HOLDER Police officers seem nice until they start targeting you for stops, give you a bogus speeding ticket... STEVEN MAGEE I don't like to drive when police officers are around. When I see one, sometimes I just pull off the... CYNTHIA MCCLOUD My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enf... BERNIE MAC It turned into this real black-white situation between the police. All the white officers on one sid... DULCIE SCOTT One of the key points to me is the lack of communication (among these departments). I don't understa... DAVID KLINGER It is one thing to train officers on fighting crime. It is a whole other thing to train them to buil... RAHM EMANUEL If that's true, that's very, very troubling, and that should lead to significant disciplining of pol... HOWARD SAFIR I just hate to see us adopt another ordinance that is a feel good ordinance that our police officers... ERIC TURNER It has more than 5,000 registered members. Among them are entrepreneurs, police officers, profession... ZHANG JUN Destroying this file would not only make crime-solving in Pennsylvania more difficult, but would als... JACK LEWIS But we are gratified that the Supreme Court has acknowledged and clarified the distinct but separate... JACK LEWIS especially when those doing the shooting are police officers sworn to protect innocent people. ERIC WARNER There will be a steady exchange of information between Loyola and the district. Most supervisors are... BERNARD WARD We don't trust police officers. GURBACHAN SINGH Would you approach a crazy person with a loaded gun? Well, that is exactly what you are doing with s... STEVEN MAGEE We don't ever want to create an environment where people are afraid of their own local police of... CARY KENNEDY Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services ... ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN The police officers became friendly after they saw that we were a band. JAMIE VARLEY I just spoke with a police director and he said that officers had to beat the people back. ISIDRO RAMOS Corrupt and incompetent police officers have a long history of being protected by their colleagues, ... STEVEN MAGEE Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're... IRWIN REDLENER Everything the officers did in each of these occasions was right. FRAN CLADER I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is real... SAM JAEGER Police officers don't get a special set of rules. The law applies to them as it does anyone else, an... CARL MULLER There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65. CLINT EASTWOOD While police officers who blatantly shaft the common people believe that they are God, they are the ... STEVEN MAGEE The headache of keeping these documents is one of the biggest things that compliance officers are wo... KARAN SAMPSON Right now police officers are trying to keep people off the road. BARBARA MATTHEWS Here you have police officers on the front line whose reputations have been horribly tarnished, if n... ALLEN HOPPER Morale among provincial police officers is not high, FALUN GONG I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars, MAXINE WATERS Following the police operation, police officers are being deployed at the site to provide reassuranc... MARK JONES The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20,... JANE FONDA When we begin to say to police officers that they're allowed to guess about who's dangerous, we're i... BARRY STEINHARDT In my opinion, given the circumstances in which police officers are dealing with the public . . . it... IAN MACKENZIE The grand jury system - not just in Ferguson, but nationwide - needs a hard look. Millions feel that... DONNA BRAZILE Police officers, firefighters, EMTs - they are all out there every single day - literally just a pho... DOREEN CRONIN I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger ... W. BRUCE CAMERON It's repugnant to have police officers making plea bargains. We are going to put an end to a system ... GLENN VALLE It allows officers to see that they do matter and are not just doing a job. Too much of this job is ... ERNIE MORRIS Everybody has a strong opinion--particularly in Baltimore City--about police officers, and when they... BYRON WARNKEN I can only see two police officers. JEFF KOINANGE Why in the hell are police officers chasing a stupid kid in a stolen car on a one-way street? What w... DELORIS TURLEY If you want to understand the causes of aggression, study police officers STEVEN MAGEE Let me be clear: as I have said repeatedly, I do not believe that all police officers are bad, nor d... AL SHARPTON Law enforcement officers are entrusted with a tremendous responsibility; that is why we hold them to... THOM TILLIS The Orlando Police Department has confirmed that one person was killed overnight in a confrontation ... SAMANTHA KNAPP [Davis] does not indict the New Orleans police department. He, like the rest of us, are incredibly g... JOSEPH BRUNO We all have inherent biases. All of us. The problem occurs when police officers or community members... BOBBY F. KIMBROUGH JR. Corrupt and incompetent cops are making the world a dangerous place for good and honest police offic... STEVEN MAGEE Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sa... EDWARD SNOWDEN One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that... MARK THOMAS Without prejudging, my sense is we'll probably find four or five police officers who acted inappropr... HOWARD SAFIR This is an additional set of eyes for the Chicago Police Department. The benefit there is they can n... ANDREW VELASQUEZ In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single ou... ROBERT MUELLER The four BIAs in the area support it. Operational benefits include accessibility and a place for pol... JULIAN FANTINO We have our own police force, harbor patrol, customs officers, and Coast Guard. That won't change no... CHRIS BONURA A few of the officers there are really shaken up about it. AUDRIA MOORE I am excited to be doing 'SVU' - I think there's a lot of inherent drama and a lot of in... DANNY PINO Because of the threat to their lives, the officers took necessary action and each fired one shot. BRIAN LEVIN While police internal affairs is allowed to protect corrupt police officers that engage in unethical... STEVEN MAGEE If we can't keep any police officers, and if we can't keep teachers and firefighters, we are going t... JAIMIE ROSS I've got petitions signed, and I intend to pursue this to the bitter end. We've got a lot of good of... GEORGIA GROVES
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