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2023-09-24 14:05:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0BE2418332484DA4CEFC889CDB9E3367CA64072A54DAF58015C45A12BD9A4030
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Original Note:
The poster describes the UK Police officers as "potentially trigger happy" and yet the most recent official statistics show in 2022/2023 - There were 18,395 incidents involving Police firearms units, with Police discharging a firearm at just 10 of these incidents (% 0.054) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-firearms-statistics-england-and-wales-april-2022-to-march-2023/police-use-of-firearms-statistics-england-and-wales-april-2022-to-march-2023
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