| There are lots of ways to quantify or record "risk"? Risk of death? Risk of injury? How much injury? I've had paper cuts recorded as workplace injuries, I've also had to get stitches after bleeding profusely, are both equally recorded as risk incidents? What about the risk of getting shot? Just the risk, will I get shot today, has a physiological impact, is that risk recorded? What about the risk of moral injury? The potential that you're hurt in your soul, because you failed, and someone got injured or hurt? What about the risk of infectious disease or transmission from needles, blades or bodily fluids? Police may be a safer job than forestry from a death risk, but there are many risks for police. I am not sure why some people seem to hate the police so much that downplaying the risks police face. I used to sell drugs and the police were my adversary, but I don't hate them as much as people who have never been arrested. It's very strange. Who do the cop haters call when thieves are breaking into their home with guns? |
For one thing it doesn't happen that much in the first place. In 2024 the rate was 229.4 per 100k in the USA [1] And yet this always gets cited as some reason to keep the police around. These sorts of threats that people cite are exceedingly rare, and yet used to fuel a vision of the world that's one of requiring constantly vigilance and paranoia.
[1] https://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/home-invasion-sta...