Overseas Network, October 20. According to US media citing data released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), last year (2020), more than 60,000 law enforcement officers in the United States were attacked while on duty, and more than 40 people were killed.
According to a report by the ABC on October 19, the FBI pointed out after referring to reports from about 9,895 law enforcement agencies that in 2020, the total number of US law enforcement officers attacked was 60,105, an increase of 4,071 from 2019.
Among those attacked, about 31% were injured and 46 law enforcement officers were killed.
The FBI stated that most of the attacks on law enforcement officers occurred after they responded to the police call, including family quarrels and bar fights.
Cooper, executive director of the American Metropolitan Police Chiefs Association, said that police officers across the country are facing an increase in violent crimes against them, which also makes it difficult for police agencies to recruit new recruits.
Stanfords, president of the National Association of Sheriffs, said that after a disturbing year for law enforcement in the United States, these astonishing numbers are not surprising.
According to the latest data from the FBI, 54 law enforcement officers were brutally killed during the first nine months of 2021, compared with 37 during the same period in 2020.
Another latest report shows that from June 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021, after the murder of the African-American man Freud and the subsequent protests, the proportion of law enforcement officers resigned or retired in the United States was similar to that in 2019. The ratio increased by double digits.
(Overseas Net/Zhang Ni Intern Compilation/Chen Cang)