Dangerous jobs

[denverpilot]

The next time a cop tells me their job is really dangerous...

(Source: US Bureau of Labor and Statistics 2013)

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“Yeah? I’m at number three on the list.”

The More You Know. Hahaha.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I just don't understand the reaction to officers also expressing their opinion, and being told we are protesting too much.

Could it have something to do with the attitude demonstrated in threads like this one quoted below?

Agreed. And I’m sure he’ll be facing some kind of light discipline for it. I’m also sure he doesn’t care that he’s facing some discipline and in his shoes i can’t blame him

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

When Denver jokes "next time a cop tells me his job is dangerous" it implies its not. That's not true either. So I call him on it.

The numbers say that being a police officer just isn't objectively that dangerous. To somewhat parallel the construction above. Yes, there are incidents where LEOs are injured and killed while on duty. Yes there are anecdotes the members here can recall of dangerous situations or attacks. Those individual incidents don't mean that on average it is that dangerous a job.

Have to look at the numbers to construct a valid generality. And I believe it was actually _safer_ to be a police officer last year than in prior decades.

Furthermore, doesn't it seem plausible that as police become more militarized that that biased the odds in their favor in any confrontation?

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

These are the rumors that I don't think will ever stop.

Perhaps the poster is referring to the part about taking drugs to resell, but the part about seizure of property is not a rumor. The large scale use of civil asset forfeiture, which starts with a seizure, to generate revenue for LE and prosecutors is a rather well documented problem. This why many states have outlawed sharing of funds between local LE and Federal agencies and why there is considerable debate on reform of civil asset forfeiture at the Federal level.