The "War on Police"

Alabama Police Memorial on Capitol Grounds.

 

     Policing can be a dangerous, even deadly     

     occupation. But...

There is NO "War on Cops".

 

Reuters reports:

"Over the long term, police deaths per 100,000 officers, from both felonies and accidents, plunged from 81 to 20 between 1970 and 2016, a decline of 75%, according to a 2019 analysis of historical Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data in the journal Criminology & Public Policy. Deaths from crimes fell even faster than accidental deaths over the period."

“The number of line-of-duty deaths has declined dramatically over the last five decades,” the study concluded. “The ‘war on cops’ thesis is not supported by any evidence.”

FULL Reuters story is HERE.