Police Officer Involved Killings Show Modest Decline

Police Officer Involved Killings Show Modest Decline
A police officer with a handgun in his holster in a file photo. Philippe Huguen/AFP via Getty Images
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The Washington Post kept track of all police officer-involved shootings that resulted in death. The Post began collecting the data in 2015 because no one else was keeping track. According to a 2014 Wall Street Journal article, made part of the U.S. Senate official record, criminal justice experts lamented that there was no reliable national data on how many people are shot and killed by police officers each year.

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Matthew Mangino
Matthew Mangino
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Matthew T. Mangino is of counsel with Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly and George, P.C. Mangino is the former district attorney of Lawrence County, Pa., and spent a six-year term on the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. He is also an adjunct professor at Thiel College, a Creator columnist, and author of “The Executioner’s Toll, 2010.”