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Exactly. Per Wikipedia it is about 12 deaths per 100k on average from the period of 2004-2012. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U

• civilian 13y ago
  Huh! So we're at 3 deaths/maims per year for X number of cops, vs. 12 deaths per 100k for the general populace. It's all about the division at this point. How many cops were there in that region? If it's just Miami-Dade: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Dade_Police_Department http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Dade_Police_Department Officers 3,034 soooo.... 3 * (100/3) = 100 deaths per 100k of police population. Which is 8x the normal rate. It's bad, but it's not too outrageous.
  • vacri 13y ago
    Apples and oranges. The number in the article is 'crashes caused by officers driving at high speed', the general pop statistic is all vehicular deaths. Similarly, deaths per 100k is the rate of victimisation amongst the population. Deaths per number of officers is a rate of offending, not victimisation.
    • civilian 13y ago
      Right. There are a lot of improvements to be made, but I'm just trying to make a quick estimate to compare to.
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