As of 2019, it was found that police killings decreased by 25 percent in the United States in police departments that implemented a policy that requires all uses of force to be reported. Departments that implemented a ban on chokeholds and strangleholds saw a decrease in police killings by 22 percent.
Percent change of police killings due to implementation of use of force policies in the United States, as of 2019, by policy
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Mapping Police Violence. (May 29, 2020). Percent change of police killings due to implementation of use of force policies in the United States, as of 2019, by policy [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 09, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123359/percent-change-police-killings-implementation-use-force-policies-us/
Mapping Police Violence. "Percent change of police killings due to implementation of use of force policies in the United States, as of 2019, by policy." Chart. May 29, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123359/percent-change-police-killings-implementation-use-force-policies-us/
Mapping Police Violence. (2020). Percent change of police killings due to implementation of use of force policies in the United States, as of 2019, by policy. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123359/percent-change-police-killings-implementation-use-force-policies-us/
Mapping Police Violence. "Percent Change of Police Killings Due to Implementation of Use of Force Policies in The United States, as of 2019, by Policy." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123359/percent-change-police-killings-implementation-use-force-policies-us/
Mapping Police Violence, Percent change of police killings due to implementation of use of force policies in the United States, as of 2019, by policy Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123359/percent-change-police-killings-implementation-use-force-policies-us/ (last visited July 09, 2020)
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