Every year the Los Angeles Police Dept. releases it's end of the year reports on Officer Involved Shooting Incidents and use of force. The NYPD does the same.
The reports are a wealth of useful information and the reports are valuable reading and worth tracking from year to year. Often the information circulated as gospel on the internet and repeated over and over is shown to be maybe not so gospel.
This is some information from the 2010 report of the LAPD.
In 2010 75 Officers discharged their firearms in 40 hit/no hit incidents (the latter means a miss or in one case a warning shot).
The weapons involved were Berretta 9mm 4 times, S&W semi in .45 6 times, Glock 9mm 2 times, Glock 40 S&W 28 times, Glock 45 19 times, Remington shotgun 8 times, carbines and other weapons make up the additional 7 times.
(Interesting to note that the guns most often involved in Unintentional Discharges in LA and NY are Glocks).
The distances involved in the shootings are noteworthy. Of the 40 incidents in 2010:
3% were at 0-5 feet
9% were at 6-10 feet
10% were at 11-15 feet
15% were at 16-20 feet
23% were at 21-30 feet
10% were at 31-45 feet
16% were at 46-60 feet
14% were in excess of 60 feet
Keep in mind that L.A. is a very vehicle oriented place.
Number of shots fired is also useful.
37% involved 1-2 shots
27% involved 3-4 shots
15% involved 5-6 shots
12% involved 7-10 shots
4% involved 11-16
5% involved 17-23 shots
79% of the time 6 shots of fewer were fired.
In these incidents 16 suspects were killed and 13 injured.
Those most often involved in shootings are patrol officers.
The full report is available here:
http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/2010YearEndReport.pdf
Annual reports are also available from the NYPD.
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The reports are a wealth of useful information and the reports are valuable reading and worth tracking from year to year. Often the information circulated as gospel on the internet and repeated over and over is shown to be maybe not so gospel.
This is some information from the 2010 report of the LAPD.
In 2010 75 Officers discharged their firearms in 40 hit/no hit incidents (the latter means a miss or in one case a warning shot).
The weapons involved were Berretta 9mm 4 times, S&W semi in .45 6 times, Glock 9mm 2 times, Glock 40 S&W 28 times, Glock 45 19 times, Remington shotgun 8 times, carbines and other weapons make up the additional 7 times.
(Interesting to note that the guns most often involved in Unintentional Discharges in LA and NY are Glocks).
The distances involved in the shootings are noteworthy. Of the 40 incidents in 2010:
3% were at 0-5 feet
9% were at 6-10 feet
10% were at 11-15 feet
15% were at 16-20 feet
23% were at 21-30 feet
10% were at 31-45 feet
16% were at 46-60 feet
14% were in excess of 60 feet
Keep in mind that L.A. is a very vehicle oriented place.
Number of shots fired is also useful.
37% involved 1-2 shots
27% involved 3-4 shots
15% involved 5-6 shots
12% involved 7-10 shots
4% involved 11-16
5% involved 17-23 shots
79% of the time 6 shots of fewer were fired.
In these incidents 16 suspects were killed and 13 injured.
Those most often involved in shootings are patrol officers.
The full report is available here:
http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/2010YearEndReport.pdf
Annual reports are also available from the NYPD.
tipoc
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