
        Well, if we're going to discuss being a police officer in
America today.       

        The FBI lists 132 police officers killed (feloniously and
accidentally) in 1990.  That's apparently everybody at all levels.

Year        Officers killed       Rate/100,000 police officers
1982             164*                  47.6
1983             152**                 40.2
1984             147                   39.4
1985             148***                37.9
1986             133                   34.9
1987             148                   39.0
1988             155****               41.9
1989             145*****              38.1
1990             132                   32.0


* Includes one officer in Mariana Islands
** Includes one officer each in Guam and Mariana Islands
*** Includes one officer in Guam and two in foreign locations
**** Includes one officer in American Samoas and two in foreign countries
***** Includes one officer in Guam and one Federal officer killed in
Peru


       God, I love the information age!  :-) 
