Officer Involved Shooting Statistics. According to statistics reported to the FBI 106 law enforcement officers were killed in line-of-duty incidents in 2018. In New York City in the early 1970s police officers killed an average of 72 people per year including a whopping 93 in 1971 alone.
Shot by Chicago Police. The officer-involved shooting is being handled by the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation. The top-left box represents the average number of officers who deployed deadly force on all selected events.
A 2011 Bureau of Justice Statistics study.
In 2020 just 19 people were shot and killed by law enforcement. What We Didnt Know Has Hurt Us 2003 This looked at data collected by some of the USs largest police departments from 1981-2002. To get a fuller picture of just how rare officer-involved shootings are it is helpful to remember how much more frequently they used to occur. SHOT Project Statistics Help Officer Tactics The Virginian Pilot Police.