How many more will it take?

[CCIP]

I'm tired of this "scary situation for an officer" stuff. It's one thing when you're in a situation where someone's gone out and created an exteme situation (say, went in somewhere and started shooting), or the operation where the cop is involved is something like a confrontation with a gang of criminals; but a traffic stop is another thing. Seriously, don't these guys get paid to take a bit of an extra risk for the sake of public safety?

Anyone got a statistic on how many cops actually get shot while conducting routine traffic stops or calls to accident sites? I have a feeling that this doesn't happen an awful lot. Unlike these incidents that I'm constantly hearing about.

Seriously. It disgusts me that people who are supposed to protect the society are so scared they're willing to hurt innocent people just to avoid any possible risk to - who else - themselves!