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Survey Documents Significant Police “Restraint” In Use Of Deadly Force

LEOs use deadly force far less often than they’re legally justified in doing, in contrast to a media-fueled public impression that excessive force by America’s cops is “general and widespread,” according to a recent survey of police/citizen encounters. While officers kill an average of about 385 subjects a year, this toll, in fact, reflects significant...
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Should ER Docs Be Required To Report Suspected Cases Of Police Brutality? Controversy Flares Over What’s Needed

A resounding clash between researchers has erupted over the question of whether emergency room doctors should report suspected cases of excessive force by LEOs. On one hand are American researchers—MDs and PhDs—who argue that in the interest of “violence prevention” ER physicians should notify Internal Affairs investigators whenever they see a patient whose injuries may...
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“Excessive Force” Study Gravely Flawed, Says FSRC

Strong skepticism has been expressed by the Force Science Research Center regarding a recently publicized survey showing that a high percentage of emergency room doctors believe they see evidence of police brutality in the patients they treat. The poll, published in Emergency Medicine Journal, reports that 99.8% of ER physicians responding to a random-sample survey...
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