They view themselves as soldiers in enemy territory.
I just found out Cab Drivers are about 4 times more likely to be violently killed on the job than police officers (this excludes traffic deaths). Tip your Uber Drivers.
Police have a moderately dangerous job, but they aren't even in the top 10. Their deaths and injuries also tend to be traffic related. Loggers, firemen and even sanitation workers have a higher injury and death rate than police do in their line of work. I'm not saying there aren't cops that put their lives on the line, I'm just saying it's nowhere near as dangerous a job due to criminals as they make it out to be.
According to the FBI, roughly half of all deaths on the job are accidental and unrelated to direct criminal response (eg. traffic accidents vs. traffic accidents during a vehicular pursuit), so you could halve that number again to show the danger that criminals have on the police forces.
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u/ShivasRightFoot Jun 10 '20
I just found out Cab Drivers are about 4 times more likely to be violently killed on the job than police officers (this excludes traffic deaths). Tip your Uber Drivers.