Common Sense wrote:

Friday, May 15, 2015

34rd Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service
Sponsored by the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police and the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary. The Memorial Service will be held on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

The Service begins at 11:00 a.m. and is expected to run approximately 2 hours.

It is traditional for police officers to wear a black band over their badges in mourning when one of their fellow officers is killed in the line of duty.

In total, 126 officers were killed in 2014. That's a 24 percent increase from 2013


 

What do you consider to be the root causes of this increase in police officer homocides?
 

Common Sense wrote:

This is the 34rd Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service Thread...
start a new one if you want to pose that question!

Excuse me, but this is an EXCHANGE. A discussion board with a free exchange of ideas. It is a place of discourse.

It is NOT merely a bulletin board to post articles or links to articles. It is NOT a place to extol propaganda without discussion. If you post, you should expect other participants to reply to your post.

Hopefully, all participants understand that concept.


 

Just Fred wrote:

In total, 126 officers were killed in 2014. That's a 24 percent increase from 2013  -  Common

You posted this stat and I think it is significant.  I assume you do, too, Common, or you would not have included it in your post.  I think rongone's question is relevant.
 

Yea, common, seeing as this is the third thread you've started on the same topic, let's give Rongone some leeway to start an actual discussion about the dangers police officers face.
They can't all just be tribute threads.

Thanks for the info, Tarnation.  That gives us more insight into the LODD memorial service.  I was not aware that vehicle accidents and heart attacks were included in the numbers.