>Hi,
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>Prince George County, Maryland has a population similar to San Jose, California – 800,000. In Prince George County between the years 1990 and 2000, the police shot 122 people and killed 47. Police also shot one dog. Seems like the police are kinder to dogs.
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>That means your police officers are killing approximately 32 people for every 1 killed by ours (only 2.8 dogs though)...
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>There is no reliable system to track police shootings in the United States. Such information is not available or given by the FBI.
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>Do you mean that incidents are not formally recorded, that statistics are not compiled or that the information is simply witheld from the public? I assume the latter is not the case.
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>Regards,
>Viv

Viv;

Somehow I think that both statements go hand in hand. The statistics are not compiled as the authorities do not want the public to know.

Tom