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Before you downvote this comment, please consider that this is literally true. In 2018, 150 US law enforcement officers died due to work related reasons. There
by elil17 6y ago
Before you downvote this comment, please consider that this is literally true.
In 2018, 150 US law enforcement officers died due to work related reasons. There were about 690,000 officers employed in America at that time. This means 21.7 out of every 100,000 officers died due to a work related reasons.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that about 25 out of every 100,000 driver/sales workers died due to work related reasons.
For both jobs, most of the deaths were accidental.
Sources:
https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2018 https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2018
https://www.statista.com/statistics/191694/number-of-law-enforcement-officers-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/191694/number-of-law-enf...
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf