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montemanm1 t1_j2wldnu wrote

Reply to comment by pokeybill in Pennsylvania officer killed, 2nd wounded; suspect shot dead by cloud_coder

>Police officers have a safer job than many other professions, they are not even close to the on-the-job mortality rates of Electrical Linemen, Logging workers, Oil/Gas workers, and etc.

But I would guess that in the list of professions in which getting murdered on the job just because of the job is a serious concern, law enforcement has to be near the top

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pokeybill t1_j2x2sv3 wrote

Sure, and police officers are given broad discretion to kill if they fear for their lives, no matter whether their lives were actually in danger at that momemt.

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montemanm1 t1_j2xnpe5 wrote

No one (no sane person, anyway) wants to kill Electrical Linemen for the sole reason that they are Electrical Linemen. That was the point I was trying to make: plenty of people want cops dead because they are cops. Not many other occupations carry that specific risk. Maybe divorce attorneys, etc.

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pokeybill t1_j2xqtbe wrote

There are other professions where people are murdered for doing their jobs - for example, federal and state inspectors are sometimes murdered for performing their duties, attorneys and judges are often targets, and etc.

The difference is what you sign up for when taking a job - those inspectors, judges, and attorneys don't enjoy qualified immunity like police, they didn't sign up for putting their lives in danger.

I understand your point but intent has no bearing on how objectively dangerous a particular job is when it comes to risk of death.

All things being equal, there are many professions far more deadly than policing.

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montemanm1 t1_j2yftim wrote

>All things being equal, there are many professions far more deadly than policing

Agreed on that point

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