I bet cops have a higher murder to death ratio than any other profession.

Might be a close race between them and cartel thugs.

Hey there is a lot of shitty drivers out there on the road. That taxi number doesn't surprise me.

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/causes.html

Just tossing this one out there.

I feel bad for that poor bastard killed in a "horse related accident"

I've seen a fellow get his chest cavity kicked in by a full grown horse. Not how I would choose to go.

There's a reason I never stand behind a horse, and this is it.

It may have been a bull, I was young. Same rule applies but the animal wouldn't go through the chute into the trailer.

I guess that depends on where you're from. For the record, horse meat is a lot tastier than is generally let on.

Fuck this whole "make it home to family" mentality. They make it home more than someone driving a fucking cab.

Or, you can just add that mentality to those other jobs?

Good idea; give the cab drivers armored personnel carriers and military grade weapons. Then subsidise their industry with government pay and... Oh wait, now they're cops too, but now you have to pay for the ride when you're arrested.

What the heck are you babbling about?

I was just saying instead of stopping the "make it home tonight" attitude towards cops, we extend that attitude towards all workers since all jobs have their own inherent dangers.

I'm talking about the "make it home attitude." That's the reason they cite for needing all this military hardware. I was extending it to the cab drivers just like you said.

Ah, my bad. My apologies.

Meh, i don't think such a comparison is very useful at all.

Common sense tells you that a policeman's job is likely to be far more dangerous than most jobs. Because of how dangerous it is, they take a lot of precautions which reduces the statistical number of actual incidents.

Its a bit like flying a plane vs driving a car. Driving a car is far simpler but statistically more dangerous because the flight travel industry realises how dangerous flying a plane is and takes a lot of precautions to make it as safe as possible.

The numbers do not lie. Their jobs are NOT dangerous. They have numerous tools and training to protect them.

This is not the movies or television. A normal cop sits on his ass all day and writes tickets.

Isn't the issue that loggers and fisher deaths are due to negligence / accidents, whereas a lot of the cops deaths aren't?

Most officer deaths are car accidents.

Yep.

And?

His point seems pretty obvious. Most deaths for both professions are due to negligence/accidents.

Yes, but why is he bringing it up? I didn't say most cop deaths weren't accidental.

And there's no pitty for careless cops that kill themselves and endanger other innocent people with their reckless driving, most times for non-life threatening situations.