When this article opens with such a blatant misstatement of the truth as,  "While occupational homicides continue to decline in the U.S., law enforcement remains one of the deadliest jobs in America," what does that say about the rest of the information that awaits.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the following occupations are actually the  most dangerous.

Fishermen--116 out of every 100,000 fishermen will lose their lives each year.
Logging workers--91.9 every 100,000 loggers will lose their lives each year  
Airplane pilots-- 70.6  every of 100,000 pilots lose their lives each year.
Farmers--- 41.4I of every 100,000 farmers  will lose their lives each year
Mining machine operators---38.7 of  every 100,000 miners  lose their lives each year.
Roofers--32.4 of  every 100,000 Roofers will lose their lives each year
Sanitation workers--29.8  of every 100,000 Sanitation Workers will lose their lives each year
Truck drivers--21.8 of every 100,000 fishermen will lose their lives each year
Industrial machine workers---20.3  of every 100,000 fishermen will lose their lives each year

For comparison...

Police officers--18.0  every 100,000 cops will lose their lives while one duty each year. The vast majority of which will lose their lives in avoidable car accidents, training accidents or as the result of illness.

The most dangerous job in the country is actually more than SIX TIMES more deadly than working as a cop.

It is irresponsible to continue to spread the fallacy that law enforcement officers are in constant danger. It leads to a heightened state of fear among officers which is the reason police shoot more and more unarmed citizens every year, while police fatalities plummet. It is also the reason that, in spite of better training and more range hours than the average citizens, a higher percentage of police shootings are based on "mistake of facts" than those among the general population.