Last time I looked at the data, police officer wasn't as dangerous of an occupation that you'd think. Firefighter is probably way higher with 9/11 factored in.

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Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 5/27/21 at 6:20 pm to LSUsuperfresh

Well, that and the whole burning building thing.

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Posted by Jack Bauers HnK

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Posted on 5/27/21 at 6:24 pm to LSUsuperfresh

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Last time I looked at the data, police officer wasn't as dangerous of an occupation that you'd think. Firefighter is probably way higher with 9/11 factored in.

How do you control for the variable that risk in police work arises from the unique duty to take away the freedom (arrest) people who are prone to not go along with it and resist with deadly force? Other professions involve danger inherent in objects, materials, machinery, etc. that don’t spontaneously choose to create danger when resisting.

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Posted by Bmath

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Posted on 5/27/21 at 8:36 pm to LSUsuperfresh

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Firefighter is probably way higher with 9/11 factored in.

There were plenty of police that died in the towers that day. You just had nearly an entire ladder company that died together. That’s why they get more attention.

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Posted by stuckintexas

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Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:51 pm to LSUsuperfresh

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Firefighter is probably way higher with 9/11 factored in.

9/11 was an outlier and you can't really use it when factoring average LODDs per year. I got into the fire service in the summer of 2001. For as long as I can remember, there's been an average of about 100/year with the exception of 2001.