It's not for a lack of trying. A woman tried to kill accused rapist, Officer Jackie Neal, but only managed to shoot him in the neck. She should have read some of our hunting threads
That's probably where she got the bad advice.
Neck shots suck.
From the Abstract:
"In almost all the 66 cases, the perpetrators (all of whom were male) used a gun. In a few cases, a policeman was killed by strangulation or by being run over by a car. Approximately half the men who had killed one or more policemen were then killed by other officers, or else committed suicide with their own weapons. Half the killers were men actively involved in a crime, often of domestic violence, who then killed an officer as he responded to the emergency. The remainder of the killers belonged to a dozen small categories: cop-hating “white supremacists,” those who hated police as representatives of government authority, men who grabbed an officer's gun, men of a paranoid personality who were reacting to being fired or evicted, men who were mentally ill or intoxicated, and a few others motivated by other factors."
Enough to make one rethink if planning on becoming a cop.
"In almost all the 66 cases, the perpetrators (all of whom were male) used a gun. In a few cases, a policeman was killed by strangulation or by being run over by a car. Approximately half the men who had killed one or more policemen were then killed by other officers, or else committed suicide with their own weapons. Half the killers were men actively involved in a crime, often of domestic violence, who then killed an officer as he responded to the emergency. The remainder of the killers belonged to a dozen small categories: cop-hating “white supremacists,” those who hated police as representatives of government authority, men who grabbed an officer's gun, men of a paranoid personality who were reacting to being fired or evicted, men who were mentally ill or intoxicated, and a few others motivated by other factors."
Enough to make one rethink if planning on becoming a cop.
Quick numbers. In 2008 765,000 Sworn officers (can make arrests). Average 32 deaths per year, your chance of being killed is statistically insignificant (while being personally excessive). Your chance of being spit on or other non-life threatening assault, is significantly higher.
Your stat sucks and is totally incorrect..
http://www.nleomf.org/facts/enforcement/
Law Enforcement Facts
Key Data about the Profession
There are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States, which is the highest figure ever. About 12 percent of those are female.
According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, an estimated 1.16 million violent crimes occurred nationwide in 2013, a decrease of 4.4 percent from 2012.
Crime fighting has taken its toll. Since the first recorded police death in 1791, there have been over 20,000 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Currently, there are 20,267 names engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
A total of 1,501 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 58 hours or 150 per year. There were 100 law enforcement officers killed in 2013.
On average, over the last decade, there have been 58,930 assaults against law enforcement each year, resulting in 15,404 injuries.
The 1920s were the deadliest decade in law enforcement history, when a total of 2,390 officers died, or an average of almost 239 each year. The deadliest year in law enforcement history was 1930, when 297 officers were killed. That figure dropped dramatically in the 1990s, to an average of 162 per year.
The deadliest day in law enforcement history was September 11, 2001, when 72 officers were killed while responding to the terrorist attacks on America.
New York City has lost more officers in the line of duty than any other department, with 697 deaths. Texas has lost 1,675 officers, more than any other state. The state with the fewest deaths is Vermont, with 22.
There are 1,081 federal officers listed on the Memorial, as well as 622 correctional officers and 32 military law enforcement officers.
There are 275 female officers listed on the Memorial; four female officers were killed in 2013.
During the past ten years, more incidents that resulted in felonious fatalities occurred on Thursday than any other day of the week. The fewest number of felonious incidents occurred on Tuesday.
law enforcement is the 11th most dangerous job in the US. Nobody wants to be in danger of losing their life or limb.
In reality there is no "safe job".
Commercial Fishing is the #1 dangerous job, and Farming is #7.
Safest job? Hospital employees by statistic.
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-jobs-in-america-2013-8?op=1
In reality there is no "safe job".
Commercial Fishing is the #1 dangerous job, and Farming is #7.
Safest job? Hospital employees by statistic.
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-jobs-in-america-2013-8?op=1
From the Officer Down Memorial Page
https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2013
114 killed in 2013
https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2013
127 killed in 2014
Again, Not sure where you're getting your numbers from, but they are wrong.
Does that stat include fatalities not directly related to responding to a crime? Such as vehicle accidents, deaths during training?
Never mind I followed the link
2013:
Line of Duty Deaths: 114
9/11 related illness: 6
Aircraft accident: 1
Automobile accident: 25
Boating accident: 1
Bomb: 1
Drowned: 2
Duty related illness: 3
Electrocuted: 1
Fall: 4
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 31
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 10
Motorcycle accident: 5
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 8
Training accident: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 4
Vehicular assault: 5
I believe the numbers are correct if you only count felonious assault type deaths and not the others such as training accidents.
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