[Vision2020] Total 2011 German police bullet usage was 85

[Kenneth Marcy]

The 2011 use of firearms in service by German police declined slightly: 
last year officers fired 85 shots total. Of these, 49 were warning 
shots, and 36 were aimed shots.  15 people were injured, and 6 were 
killed, according to statistics from the German Police University in 
Münster, Westphalia.

Compared with American police officers, German police officers are not 
only more abstemious in ammunition usage, they are more accurate as 
well.36 - (15 + 6) = 15;15 / 36 = 41.67 % miss rate; 21 / 36 = 58.33 % 
hit rate.

Compared with multiple reports of American police bullet barrages, the 
German experience provides an example from which Americans could learn.

Ken


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