The picture I'm getting is that being a police officer isn't as dangerous as I thought it was. Look where they are....at the very bottom of that list.

That can't be right....can it?

If it is right then perhaps the current police workplace safety protocols which are in place could explain why the figures are lower than we think....or being made to think.

Gnads wrote on Dec 15^th, 2022 at 2:41pm:


Obviously we girls are more careful 😎

Could you take a look at this?

https://policehealth.com.au/emergency-services-job-greatest-risk-leading-cause-d...

There's absolutely nothing else! There is some research (and related figures) which date back to 2009.

But I do know that suicide is another consideration we've not covered here. Yet.

It seems that the only way to calculate the number of officers who died whilst on duty in Australia is to manually add up each state's figure (which I think is appalling).

Note : The Australian Federal Police figures are readily available though.


OMG ! Look at our ADF suicide figures  😳

Bias_2012 wrote on Dec 15^th, 2022 at 2:53pm:


Ok. Well I've just located this document. It kinda verifies my suspicions ... well Aussie's too in that it's not AS dangerous as we think. Although .... the issue of suicide is still bothering me.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10345329.2020.1784502?journalCode=rc...

👆 Policing is considered one of the most dangerous and stressful occupations. The role and duties of officers mean that they are more likely to encounter not only accidents, but also assaults. Furthermore, the physical demands and occupational stresses of the job mean that officers are at risk of medical conditions that cause strain on the body such as heart attacks.

This paper examines the current nature of police officer fatalities in Australia. In turn, this paper aims to identify strategies to prevent police fatalities. To do this, the study examined all police officer deaths in Australia between 2002 and 2019 (n = 39). Results revealed three main typologies of police fatalities in Australia: accidents, assaults and health-related fatalities. Accidents accounted for the largest proportion of fatalities, followed by assaults and health fatalities.

Furthermore, the results showed a significant decrease in the number of police fatalities post 2006. These results are discussed in terms of changes to policing policies and practices that may have influenced this decline. Overall, these findings provided valuable insights into the current nature of police fatalities.

These findings have implications for policing authorities in implementing prevention strategies to reduce and prevent officer deaths.

Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 15^th, 2022 at 2:26pm:



It's a different work environment.
Most people are compliant with cops.

The danger arises quickly with coppers, and it's always different.
There is no time to fill out risk assessments. That's all done on the fly. That's the training they lack imo, but they're lucky in this country, they don't really need hard core defence training.... Yet.


Dangers on construction sites can be identified and tend to be reoccurring dangers.
If something changes, we sit down and review safe work methods and job safety analyses, we toolbox (talk in a group) about the work to be carried out. We use what they call a risk matrix. What that is is a series of numbers and letters on a graph. It is used for every step of the job to be carried out.
If you end up in the red section.... Rethink your procedures to work the risk down lower. It can be done 99% of the time.
When we're happy and in the green section of the matrix, we all sign on to say we agree to follow the steps and procedures as per the toolbox discussion.
If foelr some reason the task changes, we have time to stop and reassess the situation and again, work the risk to as low as possible.
This all takes time.

If you've got 5.56mm NATO rounds flying around you at random, time is life or death. You've got to act quickly while tryi g to keep as safe as possible.

Bobby. wrote on Dec 15^th, 2022 at 4:16pm:



They'd be Crocodile tears.
Those bastards don't cry.

Cops and firies and ses workers are always heroes.

Johnnie wrote on Dec 15^th, 2022 at 6:07pm:


Why?