Why is there no easy way to handle safety for law enforcement during a traffic stop?

1. It is difficult to understand the dangers and stresses of a traffic stop from an officer's point of view unless one has worn a badge and orchestrated the maneuver.

1.1. In a field where immediate control and tactical viability are the average officer's two greatest tools in staying safe,uncertainty and a lack of situational advantages reduce an officer's already slim margin of error.

1.2. Any officer inherently understands the danger of interacting with a motorist just feet away from moving vehicles-whose driver may be intoxicated,distracted,or otherwise not mentally or legally fit to be behind the wheel.

1.3. The risks are just as real for civilians,who enjoy limited benefit from staying in their vehicle for the majority of stops, but still sit alongside an area designated for moving traffic.

2. Do crash investigations and other activities that take place next to routine roadways count as traffic stop fatalities for the purposes of statistical analysis?

2.1. Officers killed by distracted drivers during routine stops obviously count as traffic stops?

2.2. Almost every state has some variation of a "move-over"law,requiring drivers to reduce speed when approaching a stationary emergency vehicle, and, if safe to do so, to vacate the lane closest to the stopped vehicles.

2.3. send a ticket from where they stand.

3. How does one classify an officer who died during a chase that began as a routine stop?

3.1. Whatever percentage of lives these deaths claim,it is undoubtedly too high.

3.2. ongoing effort to remind officers is little more than a "narrative"

3.2.1. Law enforcement agencies wishing to make traffic stops safer for everyone may wish consider the following steps as they weigh the need to perform a core function against the very real risks involved.