Chart: When police use force, they rarely cause injury

Crime and justice chart of the week

Author

Matt Ashby

Published

25 Nov 2019

Police reported using force on over 300,000 occasions last year, or about 850 each day, with most incidents involving either handcuffing or other restraint. Almost all force used by police resulted in no injury to the person force was used against. When officers did injure people, the injuries were usually minor. However, since these are new statistics there is likely to be some under-reporting, especially of minor incidents.

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