Compiled by Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Two: The percent of violent crimes police actually solve
Four: The percent of police time that is actually devoted to dealing with violent crimes in any capacity
4.4: The percent of calls dispatched to police that have anything to do with violent crimes
Five: The percent of the time that police respond to a 911 call in time to either prevent violence from going down or catch a perpetrator
70,000 to 80,000: The approximate number of people arrested for prostitution every year
$200 million: The cost to taxpayers of arresting people for prostitution every year
170,856: The number of arrests for marijuana possession in 2021
88.8: The percent of time officers in the LA County Sheriff's Department spent on officer-initiated traffic stops
20 million: The estimated number of traffic stops per year
600: The estimated number of people killed at traffic stops since 2017
86: The number of officer involved-killings that started with a traffic violation in 2020
Zero: The effect police density has been found to have on traffic fatalities
1,176: The number of people who were shot and killed by police in 2022
64: The number of police officers fatally shot while on the job in 2022
379: The number officer-involved killings that actually involved a violent crime of some kind
596: The number of officer-involved killings in 2022 that started out as a suspected non-violent crime or a case in which no crime was reported at all
109: People killed by police responding to a mental health call in 2022
54: The percent of officer-involved killings that "were traffic stops, police responses to mental health crises, or situations where the person was not reportedly threatening anyone with a gun" in 2022
Nine: The total number of days without an officer-involved fatality in 2022
Nine: The number of officers who killed people and were charged with a crime in 2022
2.9: The number of times Black people are more likely to be killed by police than white people
2 million: The number of people in US prisons
39: The percent of people in those prisons who are no threat to public safety at all
60,000: The number of juveniles incarcerated in the US at any given time
400,000: The number of people in jail who have not yet been convicted of a crime
$215 billion: The amount the US spends on law enforcement and corrections in 2022
$129 billion: The amount spent on policing alone
83: The percent of US counties that increased funding for police departments in 2022
69: The percent of US Americans who "trust local police and law enforcement to promote justice and equal treatment for people of all races."
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