Study says Tennessee is 9th worst state for police officers

With National Police Week kicking off on May 13, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States to Be a Police Officer.

The study determined Tennessee is the 9th worst state for police officers.

In order to determine the best states to pursue a career in law enforcement, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 25 key indicators of police-friendliness. The data set ranges from median income for law-enforcement officers to police deaths per 1,000 officers to state and local police-protection expenses per capita.

Life & Work for Cops in Tennessee (1=Best; 25=Avg.)
• 36th – Law-Enforcement Officers per Capita
• 35th – Median Income for Law-Enforcement Officers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 40th – Median Income Growth for Law-Enforcement Officers
• 47th – Violent-Crime Rate
• 32nd – % of Homicide Cases Solved
• 31st – State & Local Police-Protection Expenses per Capita
• 46th – Police Deaths per 1,000 Officers

Note: “Law-enforcement officers” includes police and sheriff’s patrol officers, detectives and criminal investigators.

For the full report, visit WalletHub’s website.