According to a survey conducted in 2020, 32 percent of respondents said that police officers need to be protected against lawsuits that may be brought against them for excessive use of force or misconduct, also known as qualified immunity.
Share of adults who think civilians need to have the power to sue police officers for use of excessive force in the United States in 2020
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Statistics on Police resources in Canada
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in Canada 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of civilian police personnel in Canada 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of total personnel in police service in Canada 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Rate of police officers in Canada 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Rate of criminal incidents in Canada 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Measures implemented by police services in response to the pandemic in Canada 2021
Expenditures
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- Basic Statistic Total expenditures on policing in Canada FY 1991-FY 2021
- Basic Statistic Per capita expenditures on policing in Canada FY 1991-FY 2019
- Basic Statistic Spending on policing in Canada 2018-2021, by type
- Basic Statistic Total expenditures on policing in Canada 2019, by province
- Basic Statistic Police spending on salaries, wages, and benefits in Canada 2021, by type
Staffing
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- Basic Statistic Number of police officers, by gender Canada 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in Canada 2021, by municipality
- Basic Statistic Number of municipal and provincial police officers, by province Canada 2019
- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in Canada 2021, by gender and province
- Basic Statistic Share of police officers in Canada 2021, by gender and rank
- Basic Statistic Number of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in Canada 2019, by province
- Basic Statistic Rate of police officers in Canada 2021, by municipality
- Basic Statistic Rate of police officers in Canada 2021, by province
Further related statistics
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- Share of adults in favor of qualified immunity by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Per capita expenditure for state police in the U.S. 2015, by state
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by party U.S. 2020
- Share of adults who think the police are held accountable for misconduct U.S. 2020
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by race U.S. 2020
- Rate of police killings in selected countries 2019
- Perception of the National Police in France 2019
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016
- Share of adults in favor of abolishing the police by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Number of policemen in Afghanistan
- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by education U.S. 2020
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016, by age
- Number of fatal police shootings England and Wales 2004-2022
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2015, by month
- U.S. cities with highest rate of police killings 2015
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by age
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Statistics
- Share of adults in favor of qualified immunity by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Per capita expenditure for state police in the U.S. 2015, by state
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by party U.S. 2020
- Share of adults who think the police are held accountable for misconduct U.S. 2020
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by race U.S. 2020
- Rate of police killings in selected countries 2019
- Perception of the National Police in France 2019
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016
- Share of adults in favor of abolishing the police by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Number of policemen in Afghanistan
- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by education U.S. 2020
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016, by age
- Number of fatal police shootings England and Wales 2004-2022
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2015, by month
- U.S. cities with highest rate of police killings 2015
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by age
Pew Research Center. (July 9, 2020). Share of adults who think civilians need to have the power to sue police officers for use of excessive force in the United States in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134951/qualified-immunity-share-approval-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of adults who think civilians need to have the power to sue police officers for use of excessive force in the United States in 2020." Chart. July 9, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134951/qualified-immunity-share-approval-us/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Share of adults who think civilians need to have the power to sue police officers for use of excessive force in the United States in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134951/qualified-immunity-share-approval-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Adults Who Think Civilians Need to Have The Power to Sue Police Officers for Use of Excessive Force in The United States in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134951/qualified-immunity-share-approval-us/
Pew Research Center, Share of adults who think civilians need to have the power to sue police officers for use of excessive force in the United States in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134951/qualified-immunity-share-approval-us/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Share of adults who think civilians need to have the power to sue police officers for use of excessive force in the United States in 2020 [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 9, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134951/qualified-immunity-share-approval-us/