[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Derek

My motives are wanting to go home to my family in one piece.

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You should be fine, a career in the police doesn't register anywhere on the most dangerous jobs list.

http://yahoo.careerbuilder.co.uk/Art...lr=int_ukyahoo

You family would be more worried if you worked on trawler or a building site.

Even in America, where guns are prevelant police only just get into the top ten

1.Fishers and related fishing workers, at a rate of 116 deaths per 100,000
2.Logging workers, at a rate of 91 deaths per 100,000
3.Aircraft pilots and flight engineers, at a rate of 71 deaths per 100,000
4.Farmers and ranchers, at a rate of 41 deaths per 100,000
5.Mining machine operators, at a rate of 38 deaths per 100,000
6.Roofers, at a rate of 32 deaths per 100,000
7.Refuse and recyclable material collectors, at a rate of 29 deaths per 100,000
8.Drivers / sales workers and truck drivers, at a rate of 21 deaths per 100,000
9.Industrial machinery repair and installation, at a rate of 20 per 100,000
10.Police and sheriff's patrol officers, at a rate of 19 per 100,000

source:http://criminologycareers.about.com/...ce-Careers.htm

Sleep easy.