Not 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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ToValueFunfetti 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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'.

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tokai 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Its more dangerous being a spouse to a cop than it is to be a cop.

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PaulDavisThe1st 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Roofing, I think, tends to be the most dangerous.

	▲	mywittyname 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Depends on how you look at the numbers. But construction, logging, garbage collection and truck driving tend to be the most deadly depending on the specific metric (absolute, per capita, by industry, etc). Expanding that, the deadliest part of being a police officer is almost certainly the driving component. No gun will save you from smashing your SUV into a pole. And the aftermarket modifications made to the vehicles aren't crash tested. A police cruiser is full of potential projectiles.
	▲	adrr 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Depends how you define dangerous. If we look injury rates and not deaths, meat processing/packing is the most dangerous.

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cool_dude85 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Probably the most dangerous aspect of the job in the US is driving.

	▲	ceejayoz 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For a bit, it was COVID. https://abcnews.com/Health/covid-leading-cause-law-enforceme...

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shagmin 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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vostrocity 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Neither working as a 7 eleven worker nor a cop is a sacrifice, it's a free labor market.

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RajT88 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have seen some shit go down in 7/11's at 1am. You are not kidding.