Jobs More Dangerous Than Policing

Posted by | August 22, 2014 12:30 | Filed under: Contributors Opinion Politics Stuart Shapiro Top Stories

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No one would argue that being a police officer is a dangerous job and we should protect our men in blue.  But there are other dangerous jobs, too:

Policing doesn’t even make it into the top 10 most dangerous American professions . Logging has a fatality rate 11 times higher, at 127.8 per 100,000. Fishing: 117 per 100,000. Pilot/flight engineer: 53.4 per 100,000. It’s twice as dangerous to be a truck driver as a cop—at 22.1 per 100,000.

If we are going to agonize about protecting police officers, then we should put at least as much attention into protecting (and that means regulating) people in other dangerous professions.

 

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By: Stuart Shapiro

Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.

31 responses to Jobs More Dangerous Than Policing

  1. Dwendt44 August 22nd, 2014 at 13:18

    the vast majority of police officers have never been shot at, have never taken their sidearm out of it’s holster other than at the range and/or for cleaning.
    The few exceptions make the news.

  2. Dwendt44 August 22nd, 2014 at 13:18

    the vast majority of police officers have never been shot at, have never taken their sidearm out of it’s holster other than at the range and/or for cleaning.
    The few exceptions make the news.

  3. juicyfruityyy August 22nd, 2014 at 15:12

    I think that being a Pilot or Miner can be dangerous. But we see how well the Miners are being protected. And, too many airplanes are falling like raindrops.

    I don’t think that people are ignorant to the dangers of being a Police Officer. The problem is that they have been protecting and serving themselves. Not the public. There is just too much corruption in our PD.

  4. juicyfruityyy August 22nd, 2014 at 15:12

    I think that being a Pilot or Miner can be dangerous. But we see how well the Miners are being protected. And, too many airplanes are falling like raindrops.

    I don’t think that people are ignorant to the dangers of being a Police Officer. The problem is that they have been protecting and serving themselves. Not the public. There is just too much corruption in our PD.

  5. Rocky the Liberal Rottweiler August 22nd, 2014 at 16:58

    “It’s twice as dangerous to be a truck driver as a cop—at 22.1 per 100,000.”

    So driving trucks is about as dangerous as giving birth.

  6. Rocky the Liberal Rottweiler August 22nd, 2014 at 16:58

    “It’s twice as dangerous to be a truck driver as a cop—at 22.1 per 100,000.”

    So driving trucks is about as dangerous as giving birth.

  7. Mr.sardonacus August 22nd, 2014 at 20:01

    my father was involved in the sears tower construction witch was quite difficult in the windy city. I can remember him talking about a couple people who were blown off the 107th floor as it was being built

  8. Mr.sardonacus August 22nd, 2014 at 20:01

    my father was involved in the sears tower construction witch was quite difficult in the windy city. I can remember him talking about a couple people who were blown off the 107th floor as it was being built

  9. mmaynard119 August 22nd, 2014 at 20:36

    mea_mark’s.

    • mea_mark August 22nd, 2014 at 20:38

      No, I armor my soul with Alcohol. The demons just bounce off.

      • mmaynard119 August 22nd, 2014 at 21:33

        Your co-workers bounce off of you?

  10. mmaynard119 August 22nd, 2014 at 20:36

    mea_mark’s.

    • mea_mark August 22nd, 2014 at 20:38

      No, I armor my soul with Alcohol. The demons just bounce off.

      • mmaynard119 August 22nd, 2014 at 21:33

        Your co-workers bounce off of you?

  11. AnthonyLook August 30th, 2014 at 14:03

    Psych techs need an honorable mention.

  12. AnthonyLook August 30th, 2014 at 14:03

    Psych techs need an honorable mention.

  13. Elizabeth Becky Young September 2nd, 2014 at 23:03

    being a citizen is getting to be more dangerous than a police officer too apparently. what with all the citizens killed by cops lately, they really shouldnt be too concerned. after all .. they have all their military equipment to bring to bear on the poor alleged “criminal/citizens” these days!~

  14. Elizabeth Becky Young September 2nd, 2014 at 23:03

    being a citizen is getting to be more dangerous than a police officer too apparently. what with all the citizens killed by cops lately, they really shouldnt be too concerned. after all .. they have all their military equipment to bring to bear on the poor alleged “criminal/citizens” these days!~

  15. BB53 September 6th, 2014 at 21:50

    How dangerous would anyone think it is to drive a car around all day while drinking coffee and eating donuts?

  16. BB53 September 6th, 2014 at 21:50

    How dangerous would anyone think it is to drive a car around all day while drinking coffee and eating donuts?

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