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Post by avordvet on Oct 3, 2009 8:43:08 GMT -5
September 2009 National Police Misconduct StatisticsBy Packratt, on October 1st, 2009 Introduction The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project utilizes news media reports of police misconduct to generate statistical information in an effort to approximate how prevalent police misconduct may be in the United States. As part of this project, reported incidents of misconduct are aggregated into a news feed on Twitter and added into an off-line database where duplicate entries and updates are removed and remaining unique stories are categorized for statistical information in monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports here on this site. To view data from other months, refer to the Police Misconduct Statistics menu item located on the top menu bar. General Statistics The following report was generated from data gathered in the month of September 2009. In this month there were: 449 – Alleged incidents of reported police misconduct that were tracked in national news media. 14.9 – Reported incidents that were tracked per day on average. 519 – Law enforcement officers that were cited in those reports. 31 – Law enforcement leaders (police chiefs & sheriffs) that were cited in those reports. 404 – Alleged victims specifically cited in those recorded reports. 34 – Fatalities reported in connection with alleged instances of misconduct or criminal activity. $33,639,504 – Reported costs in police misconduct related civil litigation. www.injusticeeverywhere.com/?p=1013
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