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police shootings  

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  • Recent years have seen a good deal of research on the use of deadly force by police officers. Law enforcement professionals, for example, regularly examine shootings in order to develop a more complete understanding of such events to thereby reduce their frequency and increase the odds that officers will act appropriately in those events that do occur. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Police Shootings]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F0JMKJ0K-4

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