For the vast majority of adults in America going to work is an everyday routine. With very little thought, if any at all, it becomes a subconscious part of their existence. Many of us wake up each and every morning with our minds filled with the tasks that we have to do when we arrive at work, but how many of us think of dying while we’re on the job. It’s not something that’s at the forefront of everyone’s mind on a daily basis however, it is a very traumatic event that does occur. When any personnel is obligated to respond to an emergency, and dies in the process this type of death is referred to as Line of Duty Death (LODD).
Line of Duty Death doesn’t occur that often. Actually it occurs very rarely. It started out as a term used for firefighters but then quickly became used as a term for police officers killed while responding to emergencies. According to recent statistics approximately 52 officers are killed yearly in the U.S., and another 26,000 reportedly injured in on the job related assaults ("Ultimate Sacrifice: Coping with line-of-duty death in law enforcement," 2007). Today it is commonly accepted as a term for all emergency personnel. When it does occur LODD can have an huge impact not only on the family of the deceased, but the agency that they worked for, the extended families of the coworkers that they worked with, as …show more content…
Community members may in return feel unsafe. Having feelings of unrest in both the remaining officers and the community would produce a very unstable environment. This could be potentially dangerous for the community as a whole. Community members may even become filled with feelings that the police department that services them is inadequate and unable to protect
Line of Duty Death doesn’t occur that often. Actually it occurs very rarely. It started out as a term used for firefighters but then quickly became used as a term for police officers killed while responding to emergencies. According to recent statistics approximately 52 officers are killed yearly in the U.S., and another 26,000 reportedly injured in on the job related assaults ("Ultimate Sacrifice: Coping with line-of-duty death in law enforcement," 2007). Today it is commonly accepted as a term for all emergency personnel. When it does occur LODD can have an huge impact not only on the family of the deceased, but the agency that they worked for, the extended families of the coworkers that they worked with, as …show more content…
Community members may in return feel unsafe. Having feelings of unrest in both the remaining officers and the community would produce a very unstable environment. This could be potentially dangerous for the community as a whole. Community members may even become filled with feelings that the police department that services them is inadequate and unable to protect