117 Police died in the line of duty last year too.
In fact since 1911 only two of the preceeding years after that date has the number of Police officers killed in yearly periods has gone under 100. Some years over 200 were killed.
While not excusing this officer and what he did I can...
The DNA is more because of their long and continuous hunting culture. Some of their most storied legends are hunters and frontier men,
If you removed all of the weapons bought and used for hunting pursuits the figures would be far lower.