the truth is that law enforcement isn't even in the top 10 of dangerous jobs The police unions would have you believe that it was. Regarding people killed on t

the truth is that law enforcement isn't even in the top 10 of dangerous jobs The police unions would have you believe that it was. Regarding people killed on the job, law enforcement is right there with construction work, but most deaths on the job are traffic deaths. Actual genuine targeted murders of police officers are rare, it's about 40/year. The number of civilians killed in police-involved shootings is a different magnitude altogether, over 1000/year.