How Many Cops Are There in the United States? (2018 Update)
It depends on what you mean by “cops.”
Tag: by the numbers
By the Numbers: How Bad Was 2016 for Cops?
Was there really an unprecedented spike in shootings of police?
Violence, Cop Killings, and Things That Don’t Correlate
Police are safer than ever — but why?
By the Numbers: How Often Do Cops Kill?
How many people are killed by police? The numbers are interesting, but not illuminating.
Does the US Have 35% Fewer Cops Than the World Average?
The Council of Economic Advisers says the US has 35% fewer police than the world average; really?!
By the Numbers: Is the unemployment rate a “big lie”?
Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of the polling company Gallup, published an opinion piece this week denouncing the official unemployment rate of 5.6% as a “big lie.” It’s a lie, he says, repeated to make the Obama administration look good and deceive Americans about the economy. “The media loves a comeback story,” he writes, “the White House wants to score … Continued
By the Numbers: Did more people die from the swine flu vaccine than from swine flu?
It’s flu season again, which means that soon a crop of viral myths and memes about the flu vaccine will spread over the internet. Besides the usual BS about vaccines and autism, one specific claim that I’ve heard probably a couple dozen times in the last five years is that the H1N1 swine flu vaccines actually “killed more … Continued
By the Numbers: How Many Cops Are There In the USA?
How dangerous is it to be a cop? That depends on how many cops there are.