Armed police in England and Wales only fired their weapons twice during 14,864 operations in 2013-14

Armed police in England and Wales only fired their weapons twice over the course of 14,864 operations that took place from 2013-2014.This means that firearms were only used in 0.013 per cent of armed police operations during this period. In 2014, only one person was killed by police in England and Wales.The statistics, released today by the Home Office, cover the financial year from April 2013 to March 2014, and show the huge contrast between policing in the UK when compared to America.503 people in the USA have been killed by police using firearms in the first six months of this year - and in the first 24 days of 2015, American police killed more people than police in England and Wales have killed in 24 years.



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