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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by ThrowawayR2 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @03:25PM (#16037330)
> I agree with the rest but underpaid, no. For the Oakland Police Department, where I live, the starting salary is $69,912 to $98,088. Retirement starts at 50.

For a job dealing with crime reports and disputes all day and one of the routine job hazards is being shot dead at any moment, that's hardly a particularly attractive deal. Hell, I doubt there's very many people on HN would take that job for twice the pay.

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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by DanBC on Saturday December 30, 2017 @03:27PM (#16037346)
132 police died while on duty in 2016. There are 750,000 police officers in the US.
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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by ThrowawayR2 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @04:02PM (#16037603)
So? In 2015, there were 51,548 assaults against law enforcement officers, resulting in 14,453 injuries.
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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by CalChris on Saturday December 30, 2017 @04:36PM (#16037756)
Yes, and postal workers had 32,213 injuries in 2012 with only 630,000 workers.

https://www.gao.gov/assets/660/658174.pdf

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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by ThrowawayR2 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @05:12PM (#16037952)
Weak logic there. The injuries listed were from assaults; if accidental injuries were added, the number for police would undoubtedly be even higher.
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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by figgis on Saturday December 30, 2017 @04:32PM (#16037737)
This is a misleading point. Assaulting an officer ranges from an elbow to the rib during an arrest to beating the crap out of them.

We have roughly 900,000 police officers. A total of 135 police officers were killed in duty in 2016.[0] And 14,453 injuries. We point these people towards danger daily and in a single year only 1 in every 62 of those officers will be 'injured'. I would say that's an acceptable risk for the job if the alternative is the circumvention of due process.

[0] - http://time.com/4619689/police-officers-killed-2016/

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