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Originally Posted by dobbles
There's plenty of time when cops are just on patrol or responding to regular calls. Their whole shift isn't getting shot at by gangs and drug dealers.
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There's not really such a thing as a 'regular call'. Dealing with gangs and drug dealers is actually easier, because you know to expect when dealing with that. It's when you are dealing with a couple that won't stop fighting, and someone loses it and pulls a knife or gun on an officer that ratchets up the tension. When you make a traffic stop and approach a car, is the person going to be nice, or are they concealing a gun aimed at you already?
You never know what you are going to get, or how people are going to react, or what they are going to do. It's a huge contributing stress factor.