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Cops don't even break the top 20 most dangerous jobs. Cops have a lower on-the-job death rate than crossing guards, small engine mechanics, roofers and garbage
by tstrimple 4y ago
Cops don't even break the top 20 most dangerous jobs. Cops have a lower on-the-job death rate than crossing guards, small engine mechanics, roofers and garbage men. The danger around the occupation is extremely exaggerated. This is especially true once you factor out suicides. In 2021 when "cities were being burned to the ground" 73 cops were maliciously killed and 56 died from accidents in the line of duty in a country of 332 million people. Being a gas station cashier is significantly more dangerous work than being a cop.
- MrOwnPut 4y agoGP didn't said it was the "most" dangerous job, they said they were putting their lives on the line. Yes there are many jobs that people do that. It's definitely up there in dangerous jobs though.
- refurb 4y agoJust because a job isn't in the "top 20 most dangerous" that doesn't mean it's not a dangerous job.
- tstrimple 4y agoWhen road side maintenance workers start executing people with state sanction because they "FeAred FOr thEiR LIvEs", then maybe we can compare the two on realistic terms.