War on Cops? Stats Show American Police Are Safer Than They Have Ever Been but the Fear Remains Strong — Quartz
How about a war on dumb rhetoric?
Crime • October 2016 • Views: 1,620
Just the facts, ma’am
Above all, we need to adopt evidence-based risk management modeling that will appropriately train our officers to be aware, prepared, and ready, instead of using biased, anecdotal war-storytelling methods that–unintentionally or not–create an us-or-them mentality.
Even in 2016, a police officer’s chances of being violently attacked or murdered are statistically very low. But in the battle between fact and fear, fear seems to be winning.