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Cops and their worshippers never tire of using the danger of police work as a justification for special privileges. But how dangerous is the job anyway? This piece in The Agitator points out that according to CNN/Money, police officer doesn't even make the top-ten list of most dangerous jobs in America, and is safer than being a fishermen, a garbage collector, farmer, or truck driver. And according to the NY Times, most on-duty police deaths are caused by traffic accidents not while speeding to an emergency.

Cops pull over driver for speeding, find $184,275 HIDDEN in car, inside the front fenders. Driver, from Mexico, claimed he did not know of the cash. Police SUSPECT it is drug money. They let the driver go, without being charged, but kept the cash!

I KNEW it! Proof that at least one police department has quotas for speeding tickets. They were even taken off normal patrols to issue moving violations. This story says they were supposed to write 18 tickets a day. Several cops are sueing LAPD for this as quotas are illegal.

I enjoy a good game of "Cops and Speeders" as much as the next scofflaw. It makes driving much more interesting, and I believe actually safer due to enhanced situational awareness. But these cops don't play the game correctly. The object of the game (by "my rules" anyway) is to beat "The Man". Lacking that ticket / beat-down risk factor, apparently these cops just up the speed.

An 80 year relationship ended with the death of the wife that resulted from an accident with a deputy. The driver (the husband) was deemed responsible for the death. He ended up committing suicide because of the grief. However, the Sun-Sentinel investigates who is truly at fault and why it raises some disturbing questions about the Sheriff's office investigation of the crash.

The Florida Highway Patrol trooper at the center of firestorm after she pulled over a speeding cop at gunpoint said fellow law enforcement officers have created a "life-threatening" situation that caused her to be in such fear for her safety she has become a "hermit."

Anaheim mayor demands federal investigation after cops kill two men in two days

The mayor of Anaheim, California is asking for federal assistance in an investigation of the local police department after law enforcement officers shot and killed two men in separate incidents over the weekend.

In a rarity among modern American jurisprudence, a state highway trooper has lost his job over a traffic ticket he didn't write — and now his fight has sparked a wider dispute over who gets preferential treatment for enforcing the law on the road. Does anyone need to guess that this happened in Florida?

Many new, unusual state laws will take effect when the ball drops at midnight and millions of Americans ring in the New Year, including one that will limit the number of cats in a household. Also: a fine of $1,000 on anyone who pops a wheelie on a motorcycle while speeding; Illinois is also imposing a law cracking down on those who posses, sell or distribute shark fins; in Concord, Mass., plastic bottles will be considered contraband; it will no longer be illegal to flash your headlights in Florida to warn drivers about a speeding trap set by police; etc.