However, in situations where injury or use of lethal force is being used it can bring a lot of media attention and it is important to put these stories into perspective and understand that in BC and in Canada, police rarely use deadly force with anyone. A study by Rick Parent, looked at municipal police shootings over a 15-year time period between 1980 and 1994, involving a lot of police contacts. In the study, a total of 15 shoots, and another 38 situations involving lethal threats were resolved successful, although a disproportionate number of these incidents involve people with mental illness (1998).
Of the 15 shootings, five people involved had histories with the mental health system and eight showed signs of mental illness that demonstrated
Of the 15 shootings, five people involved had histories with the mental health system and eight showed signs of mental illness that demonstrated