But the other professions don’t need to defend themselves against blatant racism and abuse of power. “This is a dangerous profession, which is why we shot an unarmed black teenager 117 times.”
The most dangerous part of police work is vehicle accidents, just like delivery drivers.
Covid was also a top fatality result of police for a while there. Just showcasing their amazing decision making skills as they refuse to get vaccinated.
Clearly they represent the best of the best there.
My local city jail literally got shut down by the tail-end of the pandemic, because of all the COVID outbreaks due to none of the cops would wear masks.
Delivery drivers also are more likely than police to be subject to robberies…
It’s also not unheard of for robbery to end in murder.
I worked in a worker’s comp adjacent field for a while. The majority of injuries in police were absolutely vehicular in nature. Second place would be “was trying to chase a far more physically fit suspect on foot and fell/pulled something”, that happens waaaay more frequently than you would expect.
You forgot sex workers, which is actually the most dangerous job.
It’s one of 6 other jobs
Hand, blow, feet, rim, z. It’s 5 of the "6 other jobs.’
It’s probably not listed here, because it’s illegal in the USA
could you elaborate why exactly
Violence and diseases. In consequence many sex workers get hurt regularly during their job, some get killed and many have PTSD and/or abuse drugs and alcohol.
In countries were sex work is legal this does not get significantly better, btw. I live in Germany where sex work is legal since 1950 or something and it’s a job you even have to pay tax for. They still suffer from violence. There was a protest this year to give better protection from violence.
So specifically prostitution is dangerous, not sex work in general
Probably because of desease and suff
violence
Depends, online, or real skin contact, in the EU or in africa?
People forget about deep sea welders. Literally 15% fatality rate.
That’s insane. How in the world do they rationalize that to themselves?
Because they make ridiculous amounts of money. There are very few people who can do the job, it’s extremely dangerous and even if you don’t get injured or killed, it’s very hard on your body. Iirc most divers only do it 2-3 times a year because it takes a long time to safely decompress at the depths they usually work at (it can take days or even weeks) and then they have to take time off to physically and mentally recover.
i wonder if any of them ever decides to retire into an easier job and becomes an astronaut
Compress a large percentage of the world’s wealth into a small fraction of the population and suddenly 150k dollars a year, to potentially more based on the danger, seems worth it to some people.
150k? That’s it? People are risking their lives for 150k??? Hard to believe
Lots of money… like insane money for how much work it is.
I thought the most dangerous one was president, at an 18% fatality rate (8 out of 45 so far)
I would guess it looks better if you include not USA
This is
RedditLemmy, everything is always America unless specified otherwise
There’s more than 45 presidents
What about fire fighters? At least they do everything in their power to keep your dog alive.
So they’re the opposite of the ATF?
Yeah, that does not rock.
But also
a very small minority of firefighters who are also active arsonists
Another way in which they are different.
New fear unlocked
No shame in fearing firefighters.
Be a waterfighter
How would this fit into Abigail Thorn’s (Philosophy Tube) analogy of arsonism?
Those are just fire bugs that didn’t think their career choice through.
Where do you get the idea that pilot is the 3rd most dangerous job? How often do you hear about pilots dying? And more dangerous than driving jobs? Lol no.
The majority of aircraft pilot fatalities occur in crashes of privately owned planes and helicopters rather than on regularly scheduled commercial jet aircraft.
https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-united-states
By the way, most deaths aren’t reported on the news.
ACAB
Assigned Cop at Birth
Yeah, I’d transition too.
I thought it would be “Assigned Cunt At Birth”
To paraphrase someone (can’t remember who), calling cops cunts is an unfair comparison: cops lack both the depth and the warmth, and don’t bring joy to anyone
Fair enough
Until we need them
For what?
Maybe someone who is armed and breaking into your grandmother’s home? Maybe crowd control for a municipal parade?
Maybe. Except they don’t show up until well after an incident, so I definitely don’t rely on them for my grandmothers safety.
Now a parade! Now we’re talking. If I had to stand around during a municipal parade I would definitely act like I have the most dangerous job. T hank the Lord for the boys in blue being there for parades!
Okay so we just kind of let all grandma’s be targets of crime because nobody will ever try to arrest you?
Yeah dude, sure. Whatever you say.
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It’s because they have too much power. Gets to their head. Same with politicians, though they usually don’t go round shooting people.
Police officers have the highest suicide rate after Doctors and Dentists. Not sure if it’s because of poor stress management or being constantly in contact with some of the shittiest people to live.
“being constantly in contact with some of the shittiest people to live.”
So other cops then. I’d probably kill myself too if I were a cop.
Lets be honest, plenty non cops are really shitty in ways different from the shitty that drives you to be a cop. Cops do deal with these other people as well. So a cop has shitty people on all sides.
Its an impossible tasks and society must construct itself as to not have police bc they cannot do the job asked even regardless of the value of the work (which is none as well)
Constant contact with guns too maybe.
Btw one of those six other jobs is pizza delivery.
is this some kind of quote from The Deprogram?
No, seriously. It’s more dangerous to be a pizza delivery guy than a cop.
Pilots have no business being on there. Just because people are scared of flying, doesn’t mean it’s actually dangerous.
And yet they do, statistically, die more than most other jobs. Pilots have every business being on here because the comic creator just literally took a “top X dangerous jobs list” and turned it into a meme.
Passengering is safe. Piloting, less so. Just like riding in a bus is statistically safer than being a career driver. Because you get off the bus, and that driver does 7 more runs. Alongside a long-haul truck driver carrying zero people. Etc. But Piloting is more dangerous than driving a truck.
Piloting of what aircraft type?
It’s pretty rare to hear about a commercial flight resulting in a crash or even death.
If you’re talking about commercial pilots flying around passengers then no it’s not dangerous at all, certainly not compared to truck drivers. To say it’s dangerous because they do it everyday is silly. Reality is it’s one of the safest forms of travel. Trucking is not nearly as safe and has a lot more risk factors involved.
If you’re strictly talking about bush pilots then you might have a case but there’s not as many bush pilots compared to commercial pilots in order for it to significantly skew the statistics.
A lot more truck drivers die in a year from accidents then commercial pilots. Calling it more dangerous is hella silly bro.
I mean, we’re talking pretty much anyone who flies an airplane for any commercial purpose. Bush flying, remote cargo flights in small aircraft, crop-dusting, helicopter lifting, hell even helicopter logging.
And while more truck drivers die annually than pilots, what we’re discussing here are RATES of death per capita, not individual deaths. An individual is statistically more likely to be killed flying as a commercial pilot (in any capacity) than a truck driver is to be killed while on the job.
Bush pilots probably drive the statistics up pretty far because it’s dangerous in general and many of them keep flying long after commercial retirement ages.
Most pilots aren’t commerical passenger pilots. Most are crop dusters and priority freight
Just now got a push message stating that the jobs of Dutch policemen were very dangerous, according to the union, because of bad communication technology.
Historically, shitty radio communication has gotten a LOT of people killed during emergencies. I’m perfectly willing to accept you can shave off a few percents of risk by getting Dutch cops better radios. But it’s hardly going to move the needle compared to “unskilled” Labour such as construction.
I do workplace safety in the Netherlands, so allow me to trot some numbers out.
3800 people die every year as a result of their jobs. 2500 from cancer, 700 from coronary issues. Over 400 die from falling or car crashes. So about 200 people die from all the stuff you’d generally associate with gruesome workplace hazards. Now, generally when I hold this talk, the point is “stop being a moron around chemicals”, but this time my point is “Dutch cops are really unlikely to die from their work”.
I feel like a position of authority, the weapons, and the qualified immunity letting you put hands on anyone for any bullshit reason you want make you the danger, not in danger.
