Back in 2015, when he was still FBI Director, James Comey had this to say about the unavailability of reliable and comprehensive data on the use of deadly force by police officers in the United States: It is unacceptable that The Washington Post and the Guardian newspaper from the U.K. are becoming the lead source of information about violent encounters between police and civilians… You can get online today and figure out how many tickets were sold to ‘The Martian,’ which I saw this weekend… The CDC can do the same with the flu… It’s ridiculous—it’s embarrassing and ridiculous—that we can’t talk about crime in the same way, especially in the high-stakes incidents when your officers have to use force.
So intrigued by the numbers as you move into the third stage data set. Dropping about 2900 agencies you lose a whopping 2000 deaths, or ~.7 per agency. That seems per agency much higher than the <.5 deaths per agency remaining. Understand that you can’t get much from those agencies because of overlaps etc. but it does seem that there is a story there worth exploring.
So intrigued by the numbers as you move into the third stage data set. Dropping about 2900 agencies you lose a whopping 2000 deaths, or ~.7 per agency. That seems per agency much higher than the <.5 deaths per agency remaining. Understand that you can’t get much from those agencies because of overlaps etc. but it does seem that there is a story there worth exploring.
This is very helpful and comprehensive! Thank you.