Quoted: [As a LEO, I've never argued that police work is THE most dangerous out there, although it has its' inherent dangers. The real danger in LE, as any police veteran will tell you, are the MENTAL dangers. Cops deal with the common aggravations of any job, and on top of that theres the backbiting, politics within the dept, the hours, the constant adrenlin dumps, the very real possibility of lawsuits, departments not backing their officers....I could go on, but if I haven't made my point by now I won't. I know many a cop with stress induced health problems, we rank real high in divorce, alchoholism, premature cynicism, the list goes on. The problem is, by the time a lot of this catches up with an officer, he's got too much time invested in his department to quit. I hope I don't come across as some kind of whiner by pointing some of this out, I'm responsible for the gig I chose.
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This I believe.
Adrenelin dumps followed by having to calm down too fast must be hell on the heart.
LEO disease is cardiac arrest, traffic accident, divorce, alcoholism etc.
Incidentally, the funniest (stupidest) thing I ever saw a LEO do was in Kodiak, AK during crab season. He walked into Tony's and started whining about how dangerous being a LEO was.
The fleet was IN PORT. (for those of you that don't get it, about 90% of the patrons in Tony's at the time were Bering Sea/Kodiak King Crab fishermen. Take it from there.)
A coupla weeks later, he tried to play tough guy with one of the fishermen that laughed at him.
Knocked silly. Kodiak Hospital. Ouch.
The perp? He walked. (about 2 dozen fishermen SWORE the fisherman acted in self-defense. He did, actually.)
it's sort of a funny story, Maybe I'll post it some night. I've told a couple LEOs and they somewhat agree that the guy had it coming.
OTOH, maybe I WON'T post it because some of you LEO bashers will turn the thread into a real circus.