As you can see from the chart in post 5, when you and I were children, especially in the 70s, on-duty deaths of police officers were generally higher than they are now.
These figures, from a police-advocacy organization, include deaths due to attacks while on duty (shooting and other causes); auto accidents; other accidents; and “duty-related illness,” which is not defined ... heart attacks due to job stress and sedentary habits? Flu caught from a coworker?
It is possible that the number of direct attacks, including shooting, could have increased, while the number of deaths has not increased, because of improvements in trauma care. On the other hand, these are absolute numbers holding relatively constant, while the number of police officers in the country has increased significantly.
In summary, I believe your perception of an increase in killings of police officers does not match the actual incidence. This is also the case with people’s perception of killings BY police officers.
In summary, I believe your perception of an increase in killings of police officers does not match the actual incidence. This is also the case with people’s perception of killings BY police officers.
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The reason is the scumbag media which likes to scare people into looking at their stupid advertising.
BTW, the chart in #5 isn’t showing up for me.
Indeed. While population has nearly doubled since the 1960s, the rate of violent crime has dropped significantly.
Of course, when raw numbers are posted, it hides the fact of that overall drop.
Officer murders would have to nearly double to indicate a same-rate condition, so with fewer offier murders ( same for general population) we indeed are seeing a significant reduction n murder overall. Many researchers contribute this to the rise of liberal ( in a good way) concealed carry laws. In the 60s and 70s only a few states permitted concealed carry, today, all but a few are shall issue states and the overall rate of crimes of violence have plummeted. Of course, the self-defense haters argue that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens have little or nothing to do with it. They could not be more incorrect.
One murder of a citizen, LE or otherwise is a terrible thing.
The biggest change may very well be the internet and the 24 hour news cycle. Would Walter Cronkite have reported on a police officer getting killed in Podunk, America in the 70s? Yes, it would have local news, but national? Perspective is everything when it comes to the news.
One thing I bet, less deaths from car crashes, as they are down for all Americans, on a per capita basis. Cars are safer than they were.
The late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s were the days of the “hippies” and the SDS, the Weather Underground and all their “Off the Pigs” mantra...
The stats in post 5 end with some date 2014, the year of “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” lies by the Obama Administration and general disrespect and attacks on law enforcement by him and his media allies. In the 1950s, early 60s, the media were not actively or tacitly promoting the killing of law enforcement. The changed around ‘68. Look at the chart in post 5 again.
Why doesn’t Vox, a far-left, Marxist, pro-BLM publication, produce a chart that shows Assaults against police officers while on duty.
A lot of people like to use “deaths” as the measure for “most dangerous job.” That’s patently laughable. “Danger” includes any situation in which potential death is at stake.
In 2016, 57,180 officers were assaulted in the line of duty of those 28.9% sustained injuries in the assault.
In 2016, there were 652,936 full-time law enforcement officers serving in the United States. That means that more than 11% of ALL full-time law enforcement officers were assaulted on duty in just 2016 alone.
There are very few other professions, where you have that kind of risk of an assault in a given year.
Also notice the damage that Bammy the Kenyan Muzzie did to law enforcement in the U.S:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/191694/number-of-law-enforcement-officers-in-the-us/
Notice that President Trump has reversed this.
Deaths may have been higher due to lack of body armor and “old school “ policing methods. Watching reruns of Adam-12 makes me wonder how Malloy and Reed made it past the first season.