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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The most dangerous part of police work is vehicle accidents, just like delivery drivers.

[–] TheSporkBomber@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Covid was also a top fatality result of police for a while there. Just showcasing their amazing decision making skills as they refuse to get vaccinated.

Clearly they represent the best of the best there.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

My local city jail literally got shut down by the tail-end of the pandemic, because of all the COVID outbreaks due to none of the cops would wear masks.

[–] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

I worked in a worker's comp adjacent field for a while. The majority of injuries in police were absolutely vehicular in nature. Second place would be "was trying to chase a far more physically fit suspect on foot and fell/pulled something", that happens waaaay more frequently than you would expect.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Delivery drivers also are more likely than police to be subject to robberies...

It's also not unheard of for robbery to end in murder.