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> I witnessed a traffic accident, and they cops that turned up looked like they were ready to draw their weapons Traffic stops are one of the most high risk s
by 1659447091 1y ago
> I witnessed a traffic accident, and they cops that turned up looked like they were ready to draw their weapons
Traffic stops are one of the most high risk situations police officers are involved in. I imagine traffic accidents are up there with it. The US also has a road rage problem topped off by never knowing who is armed or who keeps a revolver in the glove box
- bdcravens 1y agoI have a lead foot sometimes, and I've had a gun waved (but not pointed, thankfully) at me at least twice that I'm aware of in recent years (Houston area)
- breakyerself 1y agoYou're repeating the propaganda that is used to put cops on edge and make them trigger happy. There is a long list of jobs that are more dangerous than cop in the US. They hype themselves up that they're in danger all the time and citizens pay the price.
- bdangubic 1y ago1659447091 did not compare Police Officer’s jobs with other jobs but merely pointed out that traffic stops are dangerous for them. Imagine if part of the job involved a 0.3% possibility of getting killed, how would you approach that part of the job?
- jiggawatts 1y ago> traffic stops are dangerous for them Traffic stops in the United States are dangerous for them. In Australia, they're more likely to be killed during a traffic stop because they're hit by cars than getting shot at.
- bdangubic 1y agoyes, the thread is about US along with any other which discusses police brutality or police killing own citizens :)
- AlecSchueler 1y agoI don't think they were misunderstanding that, just trying to give perspective.
- const_cast 1y agoBut they're not actually that dangerous, I don't think LEO even break like top 10 most dangerous jobs. The problem is that LEOs have a separate, extremely lenient, set of standards they're judged on. We don't tolerate mistakes at other jobs, much less deadly mistakes or mistakes that cost millions in lawsuits. Hell, the McDonald's cashier is getting insta-fired if their drawer is 1 dollar short.
- LtWorf 1y agoLol, they risk having to abuse their power and face no consequence?