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COVID aside, the number of line of duty deaths seems a lot higher than I expected. At least given the focus in news and social media these last few years on not

COVID aside, the number of line of duty deaths seems a lot higher than I expected. At least given the focus in news and social media these last few years on notable incidents of police killing unarmed civilians in non-dangerous situations, I assumed the police themselves are almost never killed from job related hazards. I wonder how these figures compare to the number of police or number of calls/stops/whatever they handle.

weird-eye-issue 5y ago
> I assumed the police themselves are almost never killed from job related hazards I'm surprised that you thought this. They don't carry guns on them for fun. The situations where they kill civilians in "non-dangerous" situations is because they have to always respond like it is a dangerous situation (I am NOT justifying these killings or saying they are okay - just saying why it can happen). Somebody can pull a gun or a knife in less than a second. I'm certainly no police advocate but you have to at least have some understanding of the context around their job. For example if they pull over a robbery or murder suspect they might be the only thing in the way between freedom and decades in jail - that is a very dangerous position for the cop.
hulitu 5y ago
In US people can carry guns and i expect that some of them first shoot than answer questions.