Being a police officer is the #22 most dangerous job in the US: * https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-united-states https://

Being a police officer is the #22 most dangerous job in the US: * https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-united-states https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-j... After 4. Roofers; 5. Garbage collectors; 7. Delivery drivers; 8. Farmers; 11. Agricultural workers; 12. Crossing guards; 15. Landscaping supervisors; 21. Grounds maintenance workers. Or #21 according to this list: * https://finance.yahoo.com/news/30-most-dangerous-jobs-america-135344484.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/30-most-dangerous-jobs-americ... On average, <200 police officers have died because of the job each year over the past decade: * https://nleomf.org/memorial/facts-figures/officer-fatality-data/causes-of-law-enforcement-deaths/ https://nleomf.org/memorial/facts-figures/officer-fatality-d... Eye-balling it, on average about one-third were shot. The biggest single outlier was COVID in 2020, but otherwise the causes and their percentages seem fairly steady. The other side of the equation, people killed by police: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enfor...