It is surprising, if not disturbing that something as killings are not properly put into a federal database, especially considering the big controversy.
As discussed before, violent crime has been trending strongly downward...
Some information about officers killed in the line of duty. Thankfully has come down a great deal over the many years.
Sadly we lack a proper official database but for what it is worth a baseline graph.
Obviously the last three are not adjusted for population. The one of the USA increase almost 50% since 1980 while the number of police per capita has roughly around 15% in the same timeframe.
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