Police in the United States

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2024: Increase in US police killings to 1,365 civilians

In 2024, US police killed 1,365 civilians, an absolute record. For comparison, a year earlier, law enforcement officers in the United States shot and killed 1,357 people. This is stated in the Campaign Zero study, the results of which TAdviser got acquainted with at the end of February 2025.

The report said that the number of civilian deaths as a result of police actions has been steadily growing since 2019, when 1,113 people were shot by law enforcement officers. A year later, the figure increased to 1,159 killed, and in 2021 reached 1,188. In 2022, 1,269 citizens were shot dead by police.

In 2024, an average of 3.73 people a day died from the actions of American police officers. This is equivalent to one death every 6.44 hours. At the same time, in 2024, only 10 days did without such victims. May (136 police killings) was the deadliest month of 2024 and the second bloodiest month on record after August 2023 (137 police killings).

The study said that in 2024, 54.6% of people killed by US law enforcement officers were between the ages of 20 and 40. About 20.7% (one in five people killed) had signs of a mental disorder (not including drug or alcohol use). Approximately 89% of the victims died from firearms, 8% from a collision of a vehicle and 5% from a stun gun (the total value exceeds 100%, since in 2024, in about 8% of cases, various types of deadly effects were recorded simultaneously). Nearly two-thirds (64.7%) of the killings by police occurred as part of the response to 911 calls. All incidents included in the report have passed a multi-level verification that confirms reliability.^[1]

2020: 1.8 thousand police officers accused of molesting minors in 17 years in the United States

In mid-June 2024, it became known that in the United States at least 1,800 law enforcement officers were accused of sexual violence against minors between 2005 and 2020. Moreover, many of these police officers managed to avoid imprisonment.

According to The Washington Post, during this period, approximately 17.7 thousand law enforcement officials were charged with various criminal offenses, including physical violence, drunk driving and drug trafficking. At the same time, in every tenth case, the molestation of minors was established.

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It is said that officers accused of sexual crimes against children and adolescents held positions at all levels - both in small structures and in large units, including the New York Police Department, which has approximately 33.6 thousand employees. For example, 47 arrested police officers held the posts of police chiefs, chief sheriffs or other leadership posts. According to released data, 99% of those charged were male. Approximately two-thirds of individuals (66%) had served in law enforcement for more than five years by the time they were detained.

Nearly 40% of officers convicted of molesting minors were not sentenced to prison. After officers were charged with sexual offences against children and teenagers, some departments sought to distance themselves from their employees, saying the alleged acts were committed when officers were not performing official duties. It is also said that many detained law enforcement officers used the threat of arrest or physical action to force their victims to comply.^[2]

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