ST Alpha - "Some facts for the B2 discussion: 11 Years of Police Gunfire in Painstaking Detail" (Reading a Post)

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 151

Some facts for the B2 discussion: 11 Years of Police Gunfire in Painstaking Detail

Posted by GregW (aka not2fast) Jul 20 '12, 09:10

This was an in-depth statistical analysis showing how accurate police are. In cases where there are people shooting at them, barely over 10% of the shots hit their target.

I haven't found the figures to back it up yet, but I suspect that most trained police officers discharge their weapons at people less than once in a career.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/nyregion/08nypd.html?pagewanted=all (www.nytimes.com)

Responses:

New York reports, the hit ratio of officers who committed suicide with a firearm � and, therefore, hit their target 100 percent of the time -- nm - wtf? Jul 20, 10:15
which is a MUCH better % of hits than your average Stormtrooper. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:11 6
- I think your average stormtrooper was drunk most of the time given their inability to hit anything. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:20 5
  - And Worf. "The security officer on the flagship of the federation can't hit a target from 20ft away? Really?" -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 10:00 1
    - I think he got the crap kicked out of him more than any other biped in the galaxy. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 10:03
  - They had bad armor. Luke couldn't see a thing in the stormtrooper helmet. Hard to hit what you can't see. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 09:23 1
    - As clones, they had inferior skills. -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 09:27
  - they have their own training school -- (link) - znufrii Jul 20, 09:23

Post a message top

Some facts for the B2 discussion: 11 Years of Police Gunfire in Painstaking Detail

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.