Who cares?
What makes the lives of police officers more valuable than any other citizen?
The focus should be on reducing murder overall, not just for “special” people.
What makes the lives of police officers more valuable than any other citizen?
The focus should be on reducing murder overall, not just for “special” people.
“458 federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement
officers died in the line-of-duty in 2021. This is an
increase of 55% from the 295 officers killed during
the same period last year, and is the highest total
line-of-duty officer deaths since 1930 when there
were 312 fatalities.”
This is a 450% increase since 2013.
https://nleomf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-EOY-Fatality-Report-Final-web.pdf
What do you suggest to reduce "murder overall"? Do you agree with BLM that we should cut the number of police officers by “defunding the police”. If you want to do the opposite and increase the number of police, how are you hoping to attract qualified individuals while the profession is villainized and the murder rate for police officers is soaring?
Personally, after working with the police in a large blue city on a professional level daily for 25 years... I would not suggest to a young person that they should consider becoming a police officer. It is a dangerous and frustrating profession that leaves most feeling badly about themselves and society a few years down the road.