[s1artibartfast]

Nobody said "the same".

The question in my mind is what people are expecting? What do they think this proves? Policing is a conflict focused job that involves violence so I wouldnt expect it to be the same as baseline to begin with.

I would caution against "just so" explainations. There are obviously lots of complex reasons and one can speculate a lot of stories one way or another.

[tremon]

> Policing is a conflict focused job that involves violence

Because of this, police officers should have plenty of experience (and training, but let's limit this to the US) with de-escalation and proportional response. The domestic violence rates should be lower among police wrt the general populace for that reason alone.

[hollerith]

True, and also DV rates should be higher for the type of person who chooses a job where one of the requirements is to run towards danger.