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to any who argue (and there have been a fair few recently) that police work is not dangerous. another pointless death in the line of duty.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7160944.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7160944.stm
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Like who? Links please. I want to see who could be stupid enough to say that ...
Just as firemen's work is also dangerous, as we were tragically reminded a few months ago, and why they deserved a better pay.
Many jobs are dangerous, and anyone killed at work, be at a building site or attending a 999 call is a tragedy.
I'm sure a lot more workers on building sites are killed each year then Police on the job.
According to this website Police is no where near the top
http://money.uk.msn.com/insurance/life-insurance-guide/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4761054
The highest-risk jobs
Steeplejack/scaffolder
Demolition, bomb disposal or mine clearance expert
Pilot
Diver
Oil or gas rigger
Deep-sea fisherman/trawlerman
Soldier/ security guard in a war zone
Professional racing car/motorbike riders or powerboat racer
Word.
Occupations more dangerous than being a police officer in the US. Probably even safer to be a poilce officer here.
Number of deaths per 100,000 employed
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2000
Timber cutting 122.1
Fishermen 108.3
Airplane pilots 100.8
Farmers 33.0
Miners 30.0
Construction laborers 28.3
Truck drivers 27.6
Groundskeepers 14.9
Laborers (non-construction) 13.2
Ranchers 13.0
Bus drivers 12.9
Police and detectives 12.1
National average: 4.3
See.. Didn't I do a thread ages ago about Killer Trees ... loads of people get killed by Trees ... either them falling over, driving into them or things falling from the branches ..
...when according to the article the cause of death hadn't been established yet. But like I said in the other thread, people like to represent the police and fire services as far more dangerous than they actually are. They're dangerous jobs, but not as dangerous as a lot of others.
Its called not letting the facts get in the way of a good story...
:rolleyes: That was me and I'm NOT stupid. Or is being at risk of AIDs, HIV, Hep B & C not 'dangerous'?
There have been various stories where I live (Plymouth) about people being killed by trees.
What is that supposed to mean?
So did you state categorically that police work was not dangerous?
Yeah, but if you actually read some of the comments underneath each heading they pretty much say that it's dependant on lots of factors, and not just based on the numbers of accidents/fatalities. How many British race car drivers have died in the last 50 years? It's not going to be as many as cops or firemen , they have high insurance premiums because if they have an accident it's going to cost a lot more to cover loss of earnings e.t.c.
"dangerous
adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm;"
Policework has an element of risk, I wouldn't say it's dangerous and certainly not a good enough point to use in an argument for a payrise - which is where this deabte started.
Fine, rates of injuries and illness per 100 workers in the USA. It's not one of the most dangerous jobs whichever way you cut it. It is more dangerous than most jobs, sure. But in my opinion, the supposed danger isn't enough to justify better pay that teachers or nurses who have trained at their own expense for 3, 4 or 5 years at a time before being entitled to the basic rate of pay, which was one of the points being made in the other thread.
But if fatalities aren't an indicator of the dangerousness of a job, then why not complain at a thread that uses the death of a single officer, doing something that is not proven to have contributed to his death, to make the claim that being a police officer is a dangerous job? Or the met representitive that claimed that it is an indicator of the threats faced by police officers every day? None of them can back those claims up when they're asked to.
What he said.
yeah. but at the time of me making the post that wasn't apparent - least not from the bbc which is where i got the source from. but fair point made.