Must be more of that blood in the streets we were told about
Seventy police officers died in the line of duty in the first half of 2005, down more than 11 percent from last year, law enforcement groups reported Wednesday.
The decline was attributed in part to increased use of bullet-resistant vests, which have helped bring fatal police shootings down 36 percent over the past three decades, said the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and the Concerns of Police Survivors.
The expiration of the assault weapons ban did not lead to an increase in cops being killed. More:
Over that same period, however, the number of federal, state and local officers killed in auto accidents jumped 40 percent, prompting calls for improved driver training and safer cars and restraint systems.
Or, you know, you could ban cars.
July 14th, 2005 at 1:59 pm
Sorta old new here: Cops are shot to death in miniscule numbers,(70/year, +/-) and this has been the case for as far back as I can pull records (at least 20 years)
I hate to belabor the obvious, but armed and armored cops, whose job requires them to be in contact with criminal scum get killed in tens per year, whereas unarmed civilians minding their own business get killed at a rate of 10k or so a year.
Naturally, the VPC never puts those numbers together in their many breathless “officer safety” press releases.
July 14th, 2005 at 2:16 pm
But I thought so-called “assault weapons” were the gun of choice for criminals. And they go right through vests.