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Not easy being blue: Fatal shootings, job stress make it hard to be a cop

  • Written by Ryan Wagoner, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida

Not many people in the United States can identify that their occupation includes “an element of personal danger.”

This, however, is a component of the job description for police officers across the country. It is specifically quoted from the “Duties and Responsibilities of Police Officers” in the Baton Rouge Police Department...

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