Study Analyzes US Police Officer Deaths (1970-2016) (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Study Analyzes US Police Officer Deaths (1970-2016)

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The study represents one of the most comprehensive assessments of the 'dangerousness' of policing to date, and paints a clear picture of the declines in dangerousness over time, as well as the extraordinary stability in key features of officer line-of-duty deaths during the last 50 years or so.

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Florida Atlantic University

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