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FBI’s Use-of-Force Database May Shutter Over ‘Insufficient Participation’ From Cops

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The FBI said on Wednesday, however, that “each day is a new snapshot in time,” and that participation rates had jumped from 54 percent in October to 57.15 percent this week.

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The failure of police and federal law enforcement agencies to send data on their officers’ use of force has put an FBI program in danger of shutting down, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

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