Editing Use of force (section)

== U.S. statistics ==
Of the 40 million people in the [[United States]] who had face to face contact with the police 1.4%, or 574,000, reported use of force or the threat of use of force being directed at them. About a quarter of the 574,000 incidents involved the police officer pointing the gun at the subject of the incident and 53.5% of the incidents saw the officer using physical force such as kicking, grabbing, and pushing. In addition, 13.7% of those that had force used against them or were threatened with the use of force submitted complaints to the offending officer's department. Of those that received use of force from a police officer or were threatened with use of force almost 75% reported that they believed it was excessive and unwarranted. This statistic was consistent across the Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic races.<ref>U.S. Department of Justice. (2011). [https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/contacts-between-police-and-public-2008#:~:text=The%20percent%20of%20U.S.%20residents,at%20similar%20rates%20in%202008. ''Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2008. ''](NCJ 234599). Washington, DC.</ref>

A report by the ''Washington Post'' found that 385 Americans were [[Police use of deadly force in the United States|fatally shot by law enforcement officers]] in the first five months of 2015, an average of more than two fatal shootings a day, which was more than twice the rate reported in official statistics. 221 of those killed were armed with guns, and 68 were armed with knives or other blades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-police-shootings-in-2015-approaching-400-nationwide/2015/05/30/d322256a-058e-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html?hpid=z1| author=Kimberly Kindy| title=Fatal police shootings in 2015 approaching 400 nationwide| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=May 30, 2015}}</ref>

[[U.S. military|U.S. military personnel]] on guard duty are given a "use of force briefing" by the sergeant of the guard before being assigned to their post.