• Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Not being compelled to risk your life is different than it not being your job to stop/prevent crime.

    It may be your job to collect shopping carts in a parking lot, and you may choose to go out in a thunderstorm to get those carts, but no judge is going to compel you to risk your life.

    Much like a cop there is a risk of injury doing your job every day, so you can’t just never do the job, but some risks are above what people commonly consider normal. I think almost every example you are aluding to falls into that category and doesn’t preclude them from the job of preventing crime.