Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced Tuesday that 2010 had the lowest incidence of police-involved shootings since 1971, when the tracking of firearm discharges began.
Eight people were killed and 16 were wounded in police-involved shootings last year. By comparison, 93 people were killed in such incidents in 1971.
New York City has the lowest ratio of fatal police-involved shootings of any major police department in the nation, according to NYPD. The city’s ratio was 0.34 per 1,000 officers in 2010.
“It is a tribute to the police officers’ training and restraint, as well as a reflection of a safer city, that fatalities have plummeted despite an increase in police numbers and in the capacity of their firearms,” Kelly said.
Eight people were killed and 16 were wounded in police-involved shootings last year. By comparison, 93 people were killed in such incidents in 1971.
New York City has the lowest ratio of fatal police-involved shootings of any major police department in the nation, according to NYPD. The city’s ratio was 0.34 per 1,000 officers in 2010.
“It is a tribute to the police officers’ training and restraint, as well as a reflection of a safer city, that fatalities have plummeted despite an increase in police numbers and in the capacity of their firearms,” Kelly said.
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