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You are making a lot of assumptions there. The most violent people in society will likely have interactions with cops (more often than your average person) so surely that must skew the odds a lot.

>>collyw+(OP)
>The most violent people in society will likely have interactions with cops (more often than your average person) so surely that must skew the odds a lot.

This is important point. Another one is that it's likely cops ARE some of the most violent people in society. For example, look at the instances of violent crime inside the home (i.e. when a cop is off-duty, so there should be no skew) - the numbers seem to indicate that domestic abuse is more common that not: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-...