One of the
most dangerous jobs in the country is being a police officer.
Stephen J. Ballard paid the ultimate price and it's really so sad.
Stephen J. Ballard paid the ultimate price and it's really so sad.
CBS News reports a man shot and killed a Delaware state trooper outside a convenience store Wednesday and later barricaded himself inside his house, where he continued to fire shots at officers, police said.The trooper was shot several times and died at a hospital, state police Superintendent Col. Nathaniel McQueen said at a news conference."This is a sad day for our state and for the Delaware State Police family," McQueen said, with Gov. John Carney at his side.Cpl. StephenJ. Ballard, 32, was shot about 12:10 p.m. after he approached a vehicle in the parking lot of a Wawa store in Bear, Delaware, reports CBS Salisbury, Maryland affiliate WBOC-TV. McQueen said the vehicle had two suspicious people inside.
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Being a cop is not even in the top 10 most dangerous jobs in the country. It is more dangerous to be a citizen around a cop than a cop around citizens.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. And two thirds of LEO fatalities are the result of vehicle accidents and health issues
ReplyDelete( read Winchell's syndrome i.e heart attack).
If you factor out these the remaining felonious deaths would put the death rate for LEO even lower.