If there is a "war on cops," it is one of the most ineffective wars we have ever seen. As The Guardian points out, police officers are safer today in raw numbers than they have been in 25 years: According to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP), which keeps data on officer deaths going back over 100 years, 24 officers have been shot and killed by suspects this year. This puts the US on pace for 36 non-accidental, firearm-related police fatalities in 2015. Each one of such deaths is a tragedy for the officers killed, their families and the communities they serve, but this would be the lowest total in 25 years, aside from 2013 which saw 31 such deaths.
Let's chill out on the "War on Cops" rhetoric
Let's chill out on the "War on Cops" rhetoric
Let's chill out on the "War on Cops" rhetoric
If there is a "war on cops," it is one of the most ineffective wars we have ever seen. As The Guardian points out, police officers are safer today in raw numbers than they have been in 25 years: According to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP), which keeps data on officer deaths going back over 100 years, 24 officers have been shot and killed by suspects this year. This puts the US on pace for 36 non-accidental, firearm-related police fatalities in 2015. Each one of such deaths is a tragedy for the officers killed, their families and the communities they serve, but this would be the lowest total in 25 years, aside from 2013 which saw 31 such deaths.