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Policing can be a dangerous job and therefore not for everyone. Some of the danger is physical; there is an ever-present possibility of attack or of being asked to perform physically taxing tasks. Another kind of danger, though, is psychological and can come, as mentioned, from thoughts of the possibility of danger or, more likely, from the stresses of being exposed to negative events in the lives of others.
When asked about stress, officers most frequently mention the police organization itself as a stressor. The need to make decisions on the streets or highways, but then to have those decisions so frequently questioned by the public, the media, and senior officers within the department, leads many officers to feel they are constantly under scrutiny for even the most routine activities.
Becoming a Police Officer: Risks | Education.com
Today’s law enforcement officers face a multitude of dangers in their everyday duties that rival the threat of getting shot. For example:
Foot pursuits
Vehicle pursuits
Responding code 3 (lights and siren)
Making an arrest
Traffic control
Heat stroke
Stress
Duty equipment
Biohazard exposure/sun exposure
Officers are exposed to these dangers on a daily basis.
The real dangers of police work are not what you think - Lodinews.com: Behind The Badge
"There are more people out there who are bad guys and could care less about killing you," he said. "I don't think the public has a clue as to what law enforcement goes through every day -- the stress they are under or all the bad things they see."
A decrease in law enforcement officers killed doesn't mean the job is getting that much safer or criminals have become less violent toward police. What it may suggest, though, is that law enforcement officers have become smarter.
Manning, the criminal justice professor, cites three major factors in helping keep more officers alive: 1) increased use and proven effectiveness of bulletproof vests; 2) improved education and procedures for hostage and other potentially perilous situations; and 3) the advent and rise of specialized units to deal with the bigger crises.
Dangers real, but deaths increasingly rare for police officers - CNN.com
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