Cops don't even break the top 20 most dangerous jobs. Cops have a lower on-the-job death rate than crossing guards, small engine mechanics, roofers and garbage men. The danger around the occupation is extremely exaggerated. This is especially true once you factor out suicides. In 2021 when "cities were being burned to the ground" 73 cops were maliciously killed and 56 died from accidents in the line of duty in a country of 332 million people. Being a gas station cashier is significantly more dangerous work than being a cop.