alt Hacker NewsNot even the most dangerous job in the US. Forest workers, commercial fishermen, pilots etc are more dangerous. If we're talking about gun violence, your corner market cashier is more likely to get shot, Has anyone thanked a 7 eleven worker for their sacrifice thas you can get a slurpee at 2am?
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Its more dangerous being a spouse to a cop than it is to be a cop.
Probably the most dangerous aspect of the job in the US is driving.
Roofing, I think, tends to be the most dangerous.
Curious how much this varies among police. Some jobs are by their nature always dangerous.
But there are a lot of cops in the USA, and plenty I'm sure have nice, cozy jobs, and then there are some who spend thee majority of their career policing areas that more closely resemble warzones or 3rd world nations but this isn't the majority by any means.
Neither working as a 7 eleven worker nor a cop is a sacrifice, it's a free labor market.
I have seen some shit go down in 7/11's at 1am. You are not kidding.
I don't think you can use this datapoint for this purpose. Cops are employing the paranoid strategies already, so there's no way to discern between 'these strategies are needless' and 'these strategies are effective'.