Yeah, even when it comes to being a cop the most dangerous part is all the driving you do. Suicide is the number one killer for cops, then traffic incidents, then everything else. It's a difficult job, but it's not even in the top ten when it comes to dangerous jobs. The real difficultly is just dealing with people who refuse to be nice to you and lie constantly while you have to figure out what's going on. Nobody is happy to see a cop, and that's why he job sucks.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep, even your first part has slowly been changing in recent years. With police calling off chases almost immediately, they're dying less in accidents. They've actually died more and more by felonious deaths than anything else in the more recent decade... They've almost always been shot more.

According to statistics reported to the FBI, 129 law enforcement officers were killed in line-of-duty incidents in 2021. Of these, 73 died as a result of felonious acts and 56 in accidents.

Five- and 10-year comparisons show an increase of 27 felonious deaths when compared with the 2017 figure (46 officers) and 25 when compared with 2012 data (48 officers).

https://nleomf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Causes-Law-Enforcement-Deaths-2012-2022.pdf

https://leb.fbi.gov/bulletin-highlights/additional-highlights/crime-data-law-enforcement-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty-statistics-for-2021

[–] Liz@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago

Glad to hear about the first part, chasing people has been proven to be dangerous and mostly pointless. Not happy to hear about the second part, though it's not exactly surprising given the sharp increase in gun ownership thanks to the pandemic.