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1   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 May 1, 1:16pm  

LOL. Police work is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, so that's not saying much.

"Oh gee, Electric Line workers have it safer than Forestry Workers."

The narrative pushing is palpable.
2   justme   2018 May 1, 1:31pm  

TwoScoopsOfDragonEnergy says
LOL. Police work is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, so that's not saying much.


False, policing is not even in the top 10 most dangerous professions.

REFERENCE: http://time.com/5074471/most-dangerous-jobs/
3   justme   2018 May 1, 2:10pm  

QUOTE:

That 2017 surge itself turns out to be mostly a product of CBP changing its method of counting assaults to one that inflates its numbers, as The Intercept reported last week. In one incident last year in South Texas, for example, six people allegedly threw rocks, sticks and bottles at seven Border Patrol agents. By the standards of the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies, which makes yearly reports on law enforcement officers killed and assaulted nationwide, the incident would be recorded as seven assaults. CBP, under its new methodology, multiplied the six attackers times the three types of projectiles times seven agents. The total for that incident: 126 assaults -- or more than a third of the spike in 2017.

CONCLUSION: The Border Patrol Union is a bunch of public union crybabies. Did all the right-wingers notice the PUBLIC UNION part? Right-wingers usually hate public unions, but maybe there are special exceptions for violent (but not dangerous) professions that are involved in "keeping us safe"? Inquiring minds want to know!

Fake News Alert
4   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 May 1, 2:17pm  

justme says
False, policing is not even in the top 10 most dangerous professions.


TwoScoops Check: True. I said one of the most dangerous. While not in the top 10, it is in the top 20, riskier to life and limb than Electric Linemen:

It's just number 14 in the top 20:

14. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
Fatal injuries in 2016: 14.6 per 100,000 workers
Total: 108 fatal injuries, 28,740 nonfatal injuries
Most common accident: Intentional injury by other person
Median annual wage: $59,680
Some 108 police and sheriff’s patrol officers died in action in 2016, the most of any year since 2011 and among the most of any profession when adjusted for the number of people in the profession.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2018/01/09/workplace-fatalities-25-most-dangerous-jobs-america/1002500001/
5   socal2   2018 May 1, 2:18pm  

justme says
CONCLUSION: The Border Patrol Union is a bunch of public union crybabies. Did all the right-wingers notice the PUBLIC UNION part? Right-wingers usually hate public unions, but maybe there are special exceptions for violent (but not dangerous) professions that are involved in "keeping us safe"? Inquiring minds want to know!


I think it is fair to say that being a cop or border patrol can be a shitty job and not everyone is up for it. Not only is there some danger involved in it, the police and border patrol profession is vilified by the Democrat party, celebrities and the media.

I sure as shit wouldn't want to deal with all that, no matter how generous the pay and pension is.

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