“I think the police training is poor. This didnt happen in the 70s. But then you didnt have all out assassins murdering random police like we see today.”
Nonsense =>
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As of Thursday, 128 officers died in the line of duty this year, down from 135 in 2016. Since 1959, only 2013 saw fewer officers die while on duty, when 116 were killed, according to data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
The leading cause of death for officers in 2017 was traffic crashes, which killed 47 policemen and -women. Forty-four officers were shot and killed in 2017.
Forty-four officers were shot and killed in 2017.
I can see why the numbers are down.
Read Badge of the Assasin by Tanenbaum and Wambaughs The Onion Field. Then remember the 1970s.