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Originally Posted by Coach
It's not signing up to be killed, but it's a potential hazard of the job. Is this news? Fire fighters put themselves on the line every time they step into a fire. Do fires happen every day? No. Do they expect to die, or even be hurt, even if they do have to fight a fire? No thats what they train for. But of course it's a possibility.
I'm pretty frightened by the amount of people that think "Maybe had a gun" is case for capital punishment before trial. People crying about the due process for the police officers. Everyone should have due process, including anyone being apprehended by the police.
"I thought he had a gun" "I thought my taser was the gun". It's just not acceptable. We're okay with these people having firearms at their job? Not only that, giving them the okay to kill people suspected of crimes.
There are more guns than people in the US. If you're a police officer, chances are you're going to encounter them.
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The hierarchy for hazard control in the workplace in Alberta (and a good chunk of the modernized world) starts with:
1) Remove the hazard
I'd be interested to hear why police don't fall under the most basic OH&S rules. Police do need to be held to a high standard, above the average person, but that standard shouldn't involve anticipating death.
I truthfully don't care about what happens in the US, because they have their own issues.