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As of 2021, there have been multiple school shootings in the United States since Columbine in 1999. It is difficult to provide an exact number due to varying definitions and criteria for what constitutes a school shooting, but organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety and the Gun Violence Archive track these incidents.
It completely depends on what department the officer works for. Generally, the larger departments like NYPD, LAPD, and so forth, pay much more than smaller departments. The federal agencies like the FBI pay very well. Many smaller departments do not pay as much.
Three factors related to police shootings include training and tactics used by law enforcement officers, the presence of implicit bias or racial profiling, and the level of accountability and oversight within police departments.
It depends on how many people get shot.
9830 according to the LAPD website.
In 1955, the LAPD formed a contest to give its Police Academy a motto. Officer Joseph S. Dorobek submitted the winning entry, "To Protect and to Serve." In 1963, the City voted to adopt the slogan for the LAPD, and so adorned it's Headquarters Building and its radio cars with the slogan. Susbequently, many Police Departments nationwide have incorporated the venerable saying into their own police oaths of office. However, many invert the order of the words 'protect' and 'serve.'