When do statistics count?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

1. I have no idea what the percentage is, because I don’t know the details of every officer-involved shooting that results in the death of a cop. But I’m aware of at least a few news stories where it’s pretty clear that if the cops hadn’t shot and killed someone, more people would likely have died (mass shootings, for example).

2. The problem with removing justifiable shootings from the tally is that it is frequently (but not always) cops and cop procedures that determine justifiability. You can remove the justified shootings from the cop numbers if I can remove intentional shootings from civilian numbers.

If you think that you pay cops to justifiably shoot people, you should spend more on training cops.

Boru

Wow, I didn't we paid cops to shoot people.

Apparently, you pay cops to justifiably shoot people. I don’t know the training process for this, but I have a feeling that it’s something along the lines of, ‘Ok, new cops, while you’re out there doing your protecting and serving, you might have to decide if it’s justifiable to shoot someone. But don’t worry - your fellow officers and your superiors in the department will back you up, as will your union and your union’s legal team. I don’t know if you’ve ever met a police union lawyer. I have and trust me - a piranha has more compassion.’

Boru