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In reply to the discussion: 'A nightmare scenario': Extremists in police ranks spark growing concern after Capitol riot [View all]DENVERPOPS
(8,865 posts)"I have known a # of cops and what they have to or had to deal with on a daily basis is grim."
The same or much worse can be said of the millions of incredibly wonderful medical caregivers dealing with Covid Patients this past year.
Every minute of every day, they were dealing with something horrific, invisible, and deadly that could kill them. Many of them did not always go home.
Paramedics and EMT's are another group of GROSSLY under respected first responders...............I have found that paramedics in urban areas are paid FAR LESS than Cops or Firefighters, when in fact they answer calls one after another when on duty, and are forced to make life or death decisions, many times every day, in the treatment of patients and there is no one backing them up.
They see the absolute worst horrors of things that most can never even imagine, and probably suffer from more PTSD than Firefighters and Police put together.
You can see it in the amount of them that suffer burnout, long before their careers would last until retirement.
Any cop who says my job is extremely dangerous, or any firefighter that says their job is extremely dangerous, should ride along with Denver Paramedics for a week of shifts........