police officers?

Question

Does anyone know how often police officers in Santa Rosa, California are killed in the line of duty? My hubby is considering joining the force, and I'm a bit nervous...

Answer 1

Dear lady,
do not stress over such issues. As long as your husband uses the gifts God gave him - that he understands to never become over confident in his duties and trusts no criminal arrested - he will do just fine. In my 32 years as a Law enforcement officer I lost 2 friends to criminals and 7 to auto accidents.

Answer 2

I don't know the stats for Santa Rosa, but try not to fixate on the negative aspects of law enforcement. Yes, it's dangerous. Yes, many officers are killed in the line of duty. But also keep in mind that your husband doesn't necessarily have to work on the road his entire career where the danger is more prominent. There are many career paths in every agency that reduce exposure to the more harmful elements of our society.

I would recommend you read some literature written for the spouse's of law enforcement officers. An often recommended book is "I Love A Cop" which will get a much more grounded perspective on what to expect once your husband is immersed in a law enforcement career.

Answer 3

You should be nervous. Being a police officer is dangerous work. Even wearing the uniform is like putting a target on everytime you go to work. Good luck, I would suggest that he join a force like the highway patrol. There main job can be just monitoring traffic and catching speeders but who knows which speeder is also escaping from the police for robbing a bank.

Answer 4

Try to keep in mind that there are a lot of police officers who go through entire career with out being shot at. But with that being said here is another web site you might find interesting.

21 + years as a Police Dispatcher.
15 + years as an Auxiliary Police officer.

Answer 5

Much respect for him... you need to look at city statics maybe look up on line under try..."# of officers killed line of duty for Santa Rosa California"

Answer 6

On this page about officers killed in the line of duty, there's only one listed.

http://www.odmp.org/browse.php?abbr=CA

My husband's a police officer, and it can be scary. I try not to know exactly what he's doing at any given time during his shift, because then I get more nervous.

Answer 7

Numbers vary, but you can go to http://www.odmp.org/ and check out the stats of a perticular agency. My respect to him and I wish him good luck. If he/you want any information on work as a cop or to settle stereotypes/urban myths, email me and I will give you my personal email address. Anything to help out.

I have lost 4 in the line of duty since I started.

FYI - It is my favorite


When the Lord was creating peace officers, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

And the Lord said, "Have you read the spec on this order? A peace officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle his uniform.

"He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and testify in court the next day.

"He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And he has to have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands... no way."

"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord, "It's the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before he asks, "May I see what's in there, sir?" (When he already knows and wishes he'd taken that accounting job.) "Another pair here in the side of his head for his partners' safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, 'You'll be all right ma'am, when he knows it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family of five on a civil service paycheck."

The angel circled the model of the peace officer very slowly, "Can it think?" she asked.

"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the elements of a hundred crimes; recite Miranda warnings in its sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop... and still it keeps its sense of humor. This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with crime scenes painted in hell, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the daily paper how law enforcement isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the peace officer. "There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model."

"That's not a leak," said the lord, "it's a tear."

"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for justice."

"You're a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," he said.

Answer 8

police like all other people only get killed once

Answer 9

probably not many, if any. Call your local PD and ask