Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but police often close ranks

Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by sacred_numbers on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:56AM (#23652000)

2,116 officers were assaulted with a firearm, but only 6.1% of those 2,116 were injured in the assault. That's approximately 129 firearm injuries. That means the rate of non-fatal firearm injuries is approximately 16.1 per 100,000. In 2012 the rate of non-fatal firearm injuries from assault was approximately 15.67 per 100,000 for the general population. When adjusted for the sex demographics of the police (88% male) the rate is 24.93 per 100,000.

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700838/#!po=19...

Edit: It looks like the non-fatal firearm injury rate for officers is actually 23.6 per 100k. I had the wrong number in the denominator because not all police stations responded to the FBI survey.

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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by rabanne on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:00AM (#23652037)

You know you're comparing people fully armed and cautious people versus the general population, right? Also it's a biased comparison because the 2,116 could have been shot where the rate of "could have been shot" is much lower in the general public because obvious reasons.

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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by rrss on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:35AM (#23652415)

You know that you failed to understand your own source and therefore claimed a number of officer shootings ~16x higher than reality, right? And 'sacred_numbers was kind enough to correct you?

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