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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by drawkward on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:21PM (#42650862)
Your article cites 100 annual firefighter convictions for arson in North America. For your claim to be true, that means fewer than 200 arson convictions annually in all of Canada, US, and Mexico. It says firefighter arson is common, but does not appear to claim that they are the most common offender.

That seems really really low!

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by anon291 on Friday January 10, 2025 @01:34AM (#42653193)
It's a matter of proportion. If someone wants to be a firefighter they are also that much more likely to want to be an arsonist.

Also, arson convictions are extremely rare. Most arsons are unsolved.

You can imagine how much more likely it is to be unsolved if the person investigating is also setting the fires

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