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to: JEFF TAPKE
from: JOHN PERZ
date: 1996-06-27 19:29:00
subject: kevlar vests

-> PN>  "Most" cops or people?
->
-> I don't have much experience with the average "joe" other then my
-> hunting companions, so I can't say.
-> But most cops...suck.
Jeff, just stumbled across this little "factoid" in the July 1996 issue
of WIRED on page 64.  (Why they published it in WIRED I have **NO**
idea!)
BEGIN QUOTE ************************************************************
TOP TEN TARGETS FIRED AT BY NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS
    TARGET                      NUMBER OF       NUMBER
                                SHOTS FIRED     OF HITS
1:  Perpetrators                928             173
2:  Dogs                        155             111
3:  Accidental Discharge         43              17
4:  Protecting Other Officer     18              10
5:  Officer Intoxicated          10               0
6:  Suicide                       8               8
7:  Into Locker                   6               0
8:  Vehicle                       5               0
9:  Girlfriend                    3               3
10: Attempted Suicide             3               2
SOURCE: Firearms Discharge Assault Report for 1993, as reported in
        POLICE magazine, March 1995.
END QUOTE **************************************************************
-> But most cops...suck.
Boy, you weren't kidding!
Regards
John
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