activator - (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription. 1  substance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; DNA is the substance of our genes.
In 2006, in cases where police officers intentionally fired a gun at a person, they discharged 364 bullets and hit their target 103 times, for a hit rate of 28.3 percent, according to the departmentâs Firearms Discharge Report. The police shot and killed 13 people last year. In 2005, officers fired 472 times in the same circumstances, hitting their mark 82 times, for a 17.4 percent hit rate. They shot and killed nine people that year.
And, of course, some criminal perpetrators are violent and dangerous. No one would suggest that most of the time when a criminal charge of assault and battery on a police officer is filed, that it is a mistake or an overreaction. But it does happen. Laws on Assault and Battery on a Police Officer. All states have specific statutes that make assault on a cop a separate and more serious crime than an assault on a regular citizen. We can dispute whether this is fair or not, but it is a fact. Officers see themselves as a special class, and the law agrees.