Another Trooper Shot

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The two most dangerous actions a Trooper is called to investigate is a routine traffic stop and a domestic issue:

Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot during traffic stop

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/pennsylvania-state-police-trooper-shot-during-traffic-stop/2017/11/07/b6024440-c3d9-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html?utm_term=.8f66a5ab8620
 

I couldn't get your link to work 911. Regardless, law enforcement is a dangerous job. I especially hate to hear of officers that are new or shot right before retirement however any killed or wounded is a tragedy.
 

Being a cop has to be one of the most dangerous jobs. They never know when the next call or traffic stop puts them in a possible potential death situation. Every year, more than 125 police are killed in the line of duty. And then...some people wonder why the police seem to "overreact" when faced with someone who won't even follow the most basic instructions.
 
911 said:
The two most dangerous actions a Trooper is called to investigate is a routine traffic stop and a domestic issue:

Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot during traffic stop

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/pennsylvania-state-police-trooper-shot-during-traffic-stop/2017/11/07/b6024440-c3d9-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html?utm_term=.8f66a5ab8620
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That's the life police have to deal with and too many people don't seem to understand that.

And speaking of not understanding... it seems to me that considering the high profile incidents that the media have "championed" over the last few decades that put the police in a bad light, why doesn't the media educate people on how to act/respond to the police? If I am stopped in many situations, I make sure my hands are visible and it is obvious I don't have a weapon in them, I don't make sudden movements without having their consent, I don't try to run from them, I at least act respectable towards them, etc.
 
dpwspringer said:
That's the life police have to deal with and too many people don't seem to understand that.

And speaking of not understanding... it seems to me that considering the high profile incidents that the media have "championed" over the last few decades that put the police in a bad light, why doesn't the media educate people on how to act/respond to the police? If I am stopped in many situations, I make sure my hands are visible and it is obvious I don't have a weapon in them, I don't make sudden movements without having their consent, I don't try to run from them, I at least act respectable towards them, etc.
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I strongly agree, but I don't so much blame the media as I blame people who do not use plain ol' common sense in dealing with the police. It seems to me that is only common sense not to make sudden moves, not to act belligerent or like a smart ass, not to wave a weapon (whether real or toy) around, etc., etc., when dealing with police. It's not a test of macho-cool-ness or a disagreement in a bar, for cryin' out loud, it's an encounter with the police and acting like an idiot gets you nowhere except arrested or maybe dead. That cop is NEVER going to say "well, since I see you are such a mean, macho-cool guy, I'm going to let you go on your way now." Geez!
 

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