Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Is Militarization Rational? How Dangerous Is It to be a Police Officer in the U.S.A.?

Is Militarization Rational? How Dangerous Is It to be a Police Officer in the U.S.A.?: This blog has addressed questions about the militarization of the police for a long time. One part of the issue is whether it is warranted by the risks of being a cop. Back when I wrote about two people getting gunned down by multiple police, I asked about how much danger police officers really face. I found a website that put them on the bottom of a top ten most dangerous jobs list, but only for 2010. Usually they don’t make the list. (Roofers, by the way, bravely put their lives on the line every day.)

The Freeman is now addressing the same question: “By the Numbers: How Dangerous Is It to Be a Cop?” It shows that police don’t even make the top ten list any more. The article provides a neat graph showing how many are killed in the line of duty.

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