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Message: <blockquote data-quote="53convert" data-source="post: 2290890" data-attributes="member: 10344">and statistics bear that out.Many more officers die or are injured in car accidents yearly than are killed in gun battles.Look it up.You spend 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 50 weeks a year, your gonna have a crash................no sense not weighing the odds of that statement and determining  your safer without your seatbelt.Yes I hate the darn things and yes I really hated to buckle up when I was in patrol.................but, if your provided safety equipment that you do not use and your injured  on the job, you run the risk of.1.  disciplinary action to include termination.2.  denial of injury  claim and payment of medical bills.3.  could really screw up a workers comp claim.I base  the above, again on personal observation inside a metropolitan police department for 25 years.Unsafe vehicles................park the darn things, till they are fixed.  Double up.  We did.All that being said, again, this is a tragic event that has seriously affected a lot of people for the rest of their lives.God speed brother and RIP........,l.</blockquote>