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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Nov 20, 2013, 01:13 PM Nov 2013

Report: More City Police Involved In Shooting Incidents In 2012 Than 2011

NY1NEWS

More city police officers were involved in shooting incidents last year than in 2011, according to a new report.

The New York City Police Department's annual firearms discharge report shows that police intentionally fired their weapons in 45 incidents in 2012, up from 36 the year before, a 25 percent increase.

The number of suspects killed by police gunfire also rose from nine to 16.

That's the highest number since 19 were killed in 1998.

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/199038/report--more-city-police-involved-in-shooting-incidents-in-2012-than-2011

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