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Edited by
msharmony
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Sat 02/21/15 09:54 AM
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2013 was the safest year for American policing since 1875.
In 2013, out of 900,000 sworn officers, just 100 died from a job-related injury. That's about 11.1 per 100,000, or a rate of 0.01%. Policing doesn't even make it into the top 10 most dangerous American professions. Logging has a fatality rate 11 times higher, at 127.8 per 100,000. Fishing: 117 per 100,000. Pilot/flight engineer: 53.4 per 100,000. It's twice as dangerous to be a truck driver as a cop—at 22.1 per 100,000. Another point to bear in mind is that not all officer fatalities are homicides. Out of the 100 deaths in 2013, 31 were shot, 11 were struck by a vehicle, 2 were stabbed, and 1 died in a "bomb-related incident." Other causes of death were: aircraft accident (1), automobile accident (28), motorcycle accident (4), falling (6), drowning (2), electrocution (1), and job-related illness (13). Even assuming that half these deaths were homicides, policing would have a murder rate of 5.55 per 100,000, comparable to the average murder rate of U.S. cities: 5.6 per 100,000. It's more dangerous to live in Baltimore (35.01 murders per 100,000 residents) than to be a cop in 2014. http://fee.org/blog/detail/by-the-numbers-how-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-cop ...I had a heated discussion with colleagues recently about this , the perception through media and urban legend that cops are in excessive danger by default They chose a job whose focus is disruptive situations , but because of that they have resources and training provided to specifically offset the risk,,, |
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Edited by
Sojourning_Soul
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Sat 02/21/15 10:36 AM
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2013 was the safest year for American policing since 1875. In 2013, out of 900,000 sworn officers, just 100 died from a job-related injury. That's about 11.1 per 100,000, or a rate of 0.01%. Policing doesn't even make it into the top 10 most dangerous American professions. Logging has a fatality rate 11 times higher, at 127.8 per 100,000. Fishing: 117 per 100,000. Pilot/flight engineer: 53.4 per 100,000. It's twice as dangerous to be a truck driver as a cop—at 22.1 per 100,000. Another point to bear in mind is that not all officer fatalities are homicides. Out of the 100 deaths in 2013, 31 were shot, 11 were struck by a vehicle, 2 were stabbed, and 1 died in a "bomb-related incident." Other causes of death were: aircraft accident (1), automobile accident (28), motorcycle accident (4), falling (6), drowning (2), electrocution (1), and job-related illness (13). Even assuming that half these deaths were homicides, policing would have a murder rate of 5.55 per 100,000, comparable to the average murder rate of U.S. cities: 5.6 per 100,000. It's more dangerous to live in Baltimore (35.01 murders per 100,000 residents) than to be a cop in 2014. http://fee.org/blog/detail/by-the-numbers-how-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-cop ...I had a heated discussion with colleagues recently about this , the perception through media and urban legend that cops are in excessive danger by default They chose a job whose focus is disruptive situations , but because of that they have resources and training provided to specifically offset the risk,,, Number one being to shoot 1st and ask questions later, turn off or disable their body cams....... and to deny or lie about everything |
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2013 was the safest year for American policing since 1875. In 2013, out of 900,000 sworn officers, just 100 died from a job-related injury. That's about 11.1 per 100,000, or a rate of 0.01%. Policing doesn't even make it into the top 10 most dangerous American professions. Logging has a fatality rate 11 times higher, at 127.8 per 100,000. Fishing: 117 per 100,000. Pilot/flight engineer: 53.4 per 100,000. It's twice as dangerous to be a truck driver as a cop—at 22.1 per 100,000. Another point to bear in mind is that not all officer fatalities are homicides. Out of the 100 deaths in 2013, 31 were shot, 11 were struck by a vehicle, 2 were stabbed, and 1 died in a "bomb-related incident." Other causes of death were: aircraft accident (1), automobile accident (28), motorcycle accident (4), falling (6), drowning (2), electrocution (1), and job-related illness (13). Even assuming that half these deaths were homicides, policing would have a murder rate of 5.55 per 100,000, comparable to the average murder rate of U.S. cities: 5.6 per 100,000. It's more dangerous to live in Baltimore (35.01 murders per 100,000 residents) than to be a cop in 2014. http://fee.org/blog/detail/by-the-numbers-how-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-cop ...I had a heated discussion with colleagues recently about this , the perception through media and urban legend that cops are in excessive danger by default They chose a job whose focus is disruptive situations , but because of that they have resources and training provided to specifically offset the risk,,, Number one being to shoot 1st and ask questions later, turn off or disable their body cams....... and to deny or lie about everything Apparently, the best defense IS a good offense. |
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I agree the cops are thugs.
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they are only human,, not all thugs, but not all heroes either
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I agree the cops are thugs. So the cops are bad, but we are expected to trust these thugs for our protection, while disarming ourselves? You're a walking contradiction. MsHarmony simply pointed out that, while policing still can't be considered a "safe" profession, it is not as dangerous as we are led to believe. And who are the real thugs? The police, or the politicians they work for? |
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