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VA: Untold number of police killings in Va. go unreported or uncounted
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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"Electronic coding errors, reporting inconsistencies, jurisdictional issues and police noncompliance with standard crime reporting guidelines have caused an untold number of officer-involved fatal shootings of civilians to go unreported or uncounted in Virginia."
"The full scope of the underreporting of police killings in Virginia cannot be quantified, but the Richmond Times-Dispatch has identified more than two dozen cases that have gone uncounted since 2000." ...
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H/t to David Codrea who asks: Why do you need to know unless you're some kind of cop-basher? |
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Millwright66
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| This complaint might just result in a "be careful of what you wish for" result. We certainly have the technology - within the bounds of human error - to accurately compile data on police involved firearms incidents/fatalities by race, age, gender, time of day, ad infinitum. All it takes in the will and the money. But the downstream political implications could prove tremendous. |
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