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2021 Officer-Involved Shooting Database

2021 Officer-Involved Shooting Database The 2021 Officer-Involved shooting database compiled by the Washington Post has been updated and I don’t understand why people aren’t talking about it. Why aren’t politicians and activists taking a victory lap? According to the database, law enforcement officers shot and killed 888 people in 2021. That is a 13% decrease from ...
It can all change on a dime

It All Can Change on a Dime

It All Can Change on a Dime By: Joseph Giacalone It can change on a dime. I know, I've been there. It's nothing but a routine "clothes job." Nothing routine about police work - nothing. Two NYPD officers were assigned d to aid a women remove some personal items that she shared with her significant other. The ...
Fatal Force Database

How to Use the Fatal Force Database

How to Use the Fatal Force Database By: Joseph Giacalone The Washington Post's Fatal Force database tracks police officer-involved shootings in the United States. It is the only database in existence. The FBI will release one soon, but unknown when. It will be interesting to see if the FBI data coincides with the Post, or will it ...
2020 Officer-Involved Shooting

2020 Officer-Involved Shootings

2020 Officer-Involved Shootings By: Joseph Giacalone 2020 Officer-Involved Shootings for 2020 have been calculated by the Washington Post. There were 1,003 total shootings, the largest number by four incidents since they started tracking them in 2015.  Today, local politicians worry more about an officer-involved shooting than balancing their budgets. If you didn’t know better, one would think that ...