Re: Being Shot At (was Re: Helicopter EMS...)

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61 dead LEO's by gunfire in one year is at least 61 LEO's shot at in one

year.

I won't look for a stat as to how many are wounded but not killed and I

doubt one could find a reliable stat on those that were shot at but not hit

even in 2011 with the Internet, suffice to say it's a higher number than 61.

I worked Camden NJ in the late 1980's I've got a story or four but they

are meaningless when you have 61 dead LEO's in one year saying cops getting

shot at is a myth is IMHO but considered opinion an extreme disservice not

only to the 61 aforementioned Officers but to every LEO that pins on a badge

each shift they work.

The streets of the US are not the streets of Iraq for a reason and while

there is certainly a great debt owed to the US Military for that fact Rob

you of all people should know that those Officers that do pin that badge on

each day are a part of that reason that the streets of the US aren't like

the wild west and the streets of Baghdad.

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In a message dated 1/11/2011 5:14:44 P.M. Central Standard Time,

rob.davis@... writes:

On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 17:03, lnmolino@... said:

> According to _http://www.odmp.org _ (http://www.odmp.org ) there were 59

> LEO's killed by gunfire and another 2 by accidental gunfire in 2010 and

as

> of 5 minutes ago 2 LEO's killed by gunfire in 2011.

>

> So much for myth huh?

We're talking about being shot AT, not being killed. Two separate

statistics. And even then, it has to be averaged out per capita. I'm sure

that

Bob Kellow remembers bullet holes in ambulances and stations (Kellis Street)

as far back as 1977.

I always found it humorous that my family worried more about me as a cop

than in fire or EMS. All of my injuries and violent encounters came in the

latter fields. Well, unless you count the time I was hit by a car while

directing traffic.

Rob

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On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 17:24, lnmolino@... said:

> ...saying cops getting

> shot at is a myth is IMHO but considered opinion an extreme disservice not

> only to the 61 aforementioned Officers but to every LEO that pins on a badge

> each shift they work.

I apologise for the confusion. I wasn't stating that cops being shot at was a

myth. I was saying that medics NOT being shot at was a myth. That's why I

called it an EMS myth, and not an LE myth.

Rob

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In a message dated 1/12/2011 1:30:13 P.M. Central Standard Time,

cspringfield936@... writes:

There were several areas we responded to where carrying the O2 tank was

mandatory. Not because the patient was going to need O2, but as a weapon,

if needed.

The dimple on the bottom of a D Cylinder is there for a reason and it has

nothing to do with physics in my opinion. It fits perfectly in the upper

portion of the eye on most folks

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