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Rich Sampson-Unit 8 Assignment
Rich Sampson-Unit 8 Assignment
RICH SAMPSON
PS124-03
APRIL 23, 2017
PROFESSOR KRISTINA NORIEGAIAN
PURDUE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
What We Do
On average, from the years 2003 to 2014, 115 police and sheriff patrol
officers suffered from a fatal work injury.
In 2014, law enforcement officers suffered from 13.5 fatal work injuries per
100,000 full-time officers compared to all other professions which showed a
much lower statistics at 3.4 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time
individuals.
From 2009 to 2014, annual non-fatal work injuries of police officers
averaged 30,990 per year.
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016).
Law enforcement engage in a wide variety of dangerous activities
throughout their daily duties such as high speed pursuits, interactions with
combative criminal suspects, or other hazardous situations.
(Price, 2017).
Byproducts of A High Stress Career