*Low-end estimate of traffic stops (sixty million)* Based on the low-end estimate of traffic encounters, the risk of homicide during a traffic stop ranged from a low of one in ten million in 1988 and 1990 to a high of one in 4.6 million in 1991. On average, over a ten-year period, the risk of homicide to a police officer during a traffic encounter was *one in 6.7 million [stops]*. The ‘‘danger ratio’’ of police assaults in traffic stop situations ranged from a low of one police officer assault in 13,847 stops in 1996 to a high of one police officer assault in 8,274 stops in 1992. On average, over a ten-year period, the risk of assault to a police officer during a traffic encounter was *one in 10,256 stops*.
*How dangerous are routine police–citizen traffic stops? A research note.* http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDoQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.lib.umn.edu%2Fjbs%2FCriminal%2520Procedure%2520in%2520American%2520Society%2FOfficersAssaulted.pdf&ei=c0d5VKmhKIfHsQTNhICwAw&usg=AFQjCNE-BeckdvZZEUAWgO6k3wICkfOHIg&bvm=bv.80642063,d.cWc&cad=rja 27 police officers suffered a felonious death in 2013 per FBI Stats. Ten year average is nearer 50. http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2013-statistics-on-law-enforcement-officers-killed-and-assaulted ****************************************************************************************************************** Professor (Emeritus) Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Honors,* Duke) o 651-523-2518 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 *c 612-865-7956 <612-865-7956>* [email protected] <[email protected]> http://law.hamline.edu/constitutional_law/joseph_olson.html
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