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Charting a course on police

There is no hidden agenda in these two charts, from the accurate and nonpartisan USAFacts.
We start with the display of law enforcement killed on-duty last year, by region. How does yours do?

Facts are Facts

It is then followed by this chart, which shows many occupations are far more deadly than police work. But you have to understand most blue collar deaths come from on-the-job accidents, while most blue uniform deaths are intentional.

Stu Bykofsky

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