Cops don’t even make the top ten.
“Common victims include cab drivers and cops. Fifty-one police officers were killed on the job in 2016, according to BLS (not including traffic deaths). That’s a 50% increase from the 34 police homicides in 2015, but still historically low compared to the early 1990s. The 2016 figure includes five Dallas police officers who were fatally shot that July by a gunman who said he was upset by police shootings of black men.”
http://time.com/5074471/most-dangerous-jobs/
I read your link and it is fascinating. However, you are trying to compare jobs which have high death/injury rates, versus high-risk jobs.
For example, the most dangerous job on your list by death numbers is truck drivers with 918 deaths. Is truck driving a high death occupation? Statistically, yes. Does a person who drives a truck properly, with good health and sleep, proper vehicle maintenance, and no drug use have a higher chance of not dying? You bet. Sleep, preventable accidents, and diabetes/heart issues kill truck drivers.
Given that thought process, is truck driving a “higher risk” job than LE? No, because the risk a truck driver takes can be mitigated and can be controlled. LE does not have the benefit of controlling the events that can occur while working with human beings.
The other column relates to injuries that result in death. Roofers are on it. Falling off a roof can be a serious fatal injury. Is roofing more dangerous than LE? Statistically, yes. Can the injuries be avoiding through caution? Yes. It is the same as the truck driver; LE works in an unpredictable environment with the smartest and most dangerous animal on Earth. LE is a higher risk job than roofing.
I disagree with your comment and your basis. LE is an extremely dangerous job and the fatalities, though technically lower than the 90’s when, for example, the drug narcos were operating, en masse, they appear to be rising in the past two years. The number of firearm-related injuries not resulting in death is up as well.