Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths-What do you think of?

Ive seen this from the various groups I follow as well. I would like to see what the fire department numbers are when compared to Law Enforcement and Medical Staff. Unfortunately nobody is going to care about the police department deaths. But if they started putting out the fire department, EMS and nurses/doctors numbers maybe it might get some attention.

**ETA** It was brought to my attention I made a blanket statement by saying NOBODY.  I agree it is a blanket statement.  Most of the general public doesn't care about the deaths of Law Enforcement officers .   But if they started putting out the fire department, EMS and nurses/doctors numbers, that might get more attention for first responder deaths due to COVID.  

it shows to me that the statistically likelyhood of being killed by a "bad person" on the job is real.. but very very unlikely to actually happen. if that is national wide stats.. it is far more dangerous to be a logger or other high risk jobs.

Covid is the top cause of death this year.

I also question how they did their tracing on COVID. Was it a direct at work exposure? Or just that many officers died of COVID? right now for a health care worked to say they died or were actually exposed is difficult. It has to be an obvious, tear in my mask, mask fell off, coughed directly in my face, without my face of face shield exposure.

That is so interesting. I realize I have never seen these stats or given them much thought before, and always assumed what killed in the line of duty meant. Amazing that 20 years later, 9/11 related cancer is still one of the top causes of death. It's interesting that COVID has put more officers at risk than actual gunfire. Clearly enough isn't being done to keep them safe in that regard. I wonder if there are stats comparing COVID deaths in 2020 by profession - I assume health care workers would have the highest rates. I'm still digesting the data....

For me, it doesn’t matter where they got COVID. 

The takeaway for me is that if you truly believe “Blue Lives Matter,” then you should loudly and vehemently support mask mandates, social distancing, and measures put in place by local and state governments to reduce the spread of COVID. 

I’m willing to bet that many of the idiots carrying AR-15 style rifles at Michigan’s statehouse and at other mask protests would claim that they support LEOs.  If they truly cared about them, they would also support measures to reduce the #1 killer of LEOs this past year.  More LEOs died of COVID than ALL OTHER CAUSES COMBINED!

It doesn’t matter where the LEOs contracted the disease - that they did and died is what is important. And we need to do what we can as a society to stop that from happening. 

Maybe it is by region?  In my town they are all masked up.  I have not seen an officer in our city without one since they became mandated.  

Lets not forget that early on in the pandemic, masks were not recommended.  How many of these deaths were before they changed their views on masks etc??  

How are heart attacks considered line of duty deaths? Serious question... that seems strange to me.

Stress. Shift work is an issue. Always in fight or flight mode. Always on guard..

If they were employed by a LEO agency when they died it is considered a Line of Duty death.

do you mean if they were on the clock, working?  I don't see how a death can be considered Line of Duty just because someone's employment happens to be that profession.  if I'm a logger, and I die of a heart attack at home in my recliner, is my death because of logging?  

eta:  I see you answered my question in the post above... it still doesn't make sense to me, but whatever.  it smacks a bit of the whole 'someone got tested for COVID but died of a heart attack, and they still wrote COVID as their cause of death' fiction that's going around. 

When you pointed it out, I agreed and amended...what more do you want at this point?  I agree it was a blanket statement made in error and revised.  

I agreed, and changed my wording.  I did not do it in my original post because I expected people to read the thread.  My mistake.  But I did acknowledge and change my statement after it was pointed out.