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It’s about 100 officers a year in the U.S. About half are homicides and the other half are car accidents on the job. It doesn’t rank in the top 10 most dangerou
by js2 6y ago
It’s about 100 officers a year in the U.S. About half are homicides and the other half are car accidents on the job. It doesn’t rank in the top 10 most dangerous jobs (per capita) in the U.S. according to the BLS. The number of deaths will be much higher this year, at least double, due to COVID19 deaths. The job pays well and comes with a pension. It’s nearly impossible to get fired and if you do get fired, most officers get rehired elsewhere.
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/police-officers-2014.htm https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/police-officers-2014.htm
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/05/08/the-number-of-u-s-police-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty-increased-last-year-infographic/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/05/08/the-nu...
https://www.policeone.com/coronavirus-covid-19/articles/covid-19-law-enforcement-deaths-3ftkdPnVffq55iHU/ https://www.policeone.com/coronavirus-covid-19/articles/covi...
- mjfl 6y agohonestly the whole "being a police officer is not even a dangerous job" is really non-intuitive, which probably means it's wrong. Being a police officer is a dangerous job, but through thorough training and institutional experience, they've managed to lean how to keep themselves safe in actively dangerous situations. Landscapers and truck drivers never have to wrestle a large, non-compliant man into handcuffs or talk down domestic dispute that turned into a potential murder suicide. Software engineers who sit on their computers all day and try to backseat drive on these issues should probably be dragged into the streets and set on fire.
- TeaDrunk 6y agoIf the police are so well trained how do we have 700 videos of police brutality within the span of maybe 3 weeks? Why do so many rapes go uninvestigated much less brought to trial? Why is it legal for police to coerce people they’ve detained into sex in many states? Why does civil forfeiture exist? Why are police not legally obligated to 1) know the law, 2) protect people?
- triceratops 6y agoWouldn't landscapers and truck drivers also be trained to handle the most common dangerous situations in their respective occupations? Are they just more careless?
- deathgrips 6y ago>Software engineers who sit on their computers all day and try to backseat drive on these issues should probably be dragged into the streets and set on fire. Congratulations, I think you're qualified to be a cop.
- mjfl 6y agoYou can't get rid of me by defunding the cops though.
- deathgrips 6y agoCorrect, but I can take away your toys.
- antepodius 6y agoReally? You and the cops you just got rid of?
- deathgrips 6y agoWe can take grenade launchers away from the cops.
- antepodius 6y agoBut that guy's not a cop.