# How often do police officers commit murder?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-police-officers-commit-murder/1022609 "2025-08-30T18:34:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-police-officers-commit-murder/1022609/21 "2025-09-02T03:12:55Z")

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“Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics” Department:

Just because most serial killers are in _x_ profession does not mean that people in _x_ profession are more likely to be serial killers than other professions. You have to take into the account the base rate.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-police-officers-commit-murder/1022609/22 "2025-09-02T19:00:07Z")

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> [@Moriarty](#):
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> Only an anecdote, but Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate was a cop tuned drug dealer turned murderer.

An EX-cop.

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