The US has middling levels of police officers per capita relative to other large countries — 298/100,000. Some others: India: 150 South Africa: 345 France: 340 Sweden: 195 Brazil: 211 China: 143 UK: 211 Japan: 234 Germany: 381 Russia: 623 Turkey: 524 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_number_of_police_officers …
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It’s so highly geographically focused in the US, so it would be helpful to get comparisons not only between countries but also between types of locales. Cities around the globe have “good” & “bad” neighborhoods but not w/ the US baggage & deliberate segregation
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@kdrum on per capita annual police$s just in CA - LA residents avg $750/yr. Fresno, similar violent crime rate, only $450. SD, modestly lower violent crime, ~ $300.https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2020/06/why-does-la-spend-twice-as-much-on-policing-as-san- …
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would be useful to also plot net pay per officer (including overtime, civil suit payouts) and arsenal
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try OECD for international? https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/state-and-local-expenditures … you could back of envelope refined BLS employment * salaries? plus private security + military...
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