In the #USA, less crime and less danger to #police forces in action - but an inverse trend in citizen mortality from police intervention
Year: 1999; 2013
Violent crime per 100k population: 523; 369
Police officers killed in service: 60; 50
Citizen mortality from police intervention: 331; 480
Sources:
– Violent crime per 100k population: ▻http://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990
– Police officers killed in service: ▻http://www.npr.org/2015/09/17/441196546/is-there-a-war-on-police-the-statistics-say-no
– Citizen mortality from police intervention: ▻http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743515002911