The FBI, which maintains the national crime database, takes the position that when a cop kills a civilian, its not a crime. Consequently, it doesn't track that information...
So, the situation is that the Federal Government is giving local law enforcement groups hundreds of millions of dollars in war fighting equipment. But no one is tracking what local law enforcement does with that war fighting equipment.
Anyone think that that is going to end well?
In some jurisdictions, the Judicial System has compelled law enforcement to share those statistics. If you're a civilian, the results aren't pretty.
Reason.com
"In the only year in which the NYT article and the Bureau of Justice Statistics report overlap, 2008, law enforcement killed roughly 10 times the number of people during arrests (404) than officers killed."
In terms of body count, its pretty clear that the police are way, way ahead of the civilians.
In fact when it comes to killing civilians, the police are also way, way ahead of the terrorists.
Mint Press
Americans are eight times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist, estimates a Washington’s Blog report based on official statistical data.
Americans Killed by Cops Now Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq War
Its a tragedy when a LE Officer gets killed. But its also a tragedy when a civilian gets killed.
And this former MP doesn't think that giving more war fighting equipment to untrained local law enforcement units is a solution... Though, it likely will help them increase their body count...
Uno