I was listening to the news this morning, and heard the excuse that cops are so extra vigilante because so many of them are getting killed. So, I took a look at the numbers. On general, of the approximate 900,000 officers, about 45 are killed each year, or about 0.00016%. In contrast, of the general population, about 41 or so are murdered for 900,000. I would guess that if we took out the babies, invalids and such, our chance of being murdered are as high or higher than an officer getting killed. I wonder how scared we should be.

This year appears to be bit higher, with 28 killed by gun violence so far. But then, they have killed over a 628 so far this year, so the numbers do appear to be in their favor. I do realize that almost all 628 probably deserved what they got and that the 28 probably did not, but this statement that they are so scared really is questionable. Each one of us probably has a similar or higher chance of being killed each day, and we do not choose to put ourselves into that position, nor do we get paid to do so.