In my country, police have to account for every round fired if they deploy their weapons.
Same in Sweden, where not only do they have to account for every bullet, they also have to account for when the boot of the car (which holds all the weapons) is ever opened
I’m pretty sure that’s still the case in the US as well. The Wire mentions it as a fact.
“Not a stat legally required to be recorded in many states” makes it sound like it would get mentioned in reports of gun firings, but they wouldn’t then have to collate that information, come up with a total or publish or store the stat somewhere.
Just a quick search, knew it was California, couldn’t remember if Texas did or did not. The answer is they are supposed to but suck at it. So… 2/50 require reporting when a cop kills someone.
