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When police officers wait is advised.

When police officers wake up each day and head to work, they know there's always the possibility

they'll face a life or death situation.

Most cops will tell you they don't dwell on it,

or they wouldn't be able to work.

But it's definitely something that's always there

in the back of their minds.

I think to be able to survive doing the job is... always there in the back of their minds.

I think to be able to survive doing the job is you don't think that will happen to you,

right?

You just, you know, you're prepared when you stop, you know,

or vehicles or when you go do complaints and stuff like that where there's a you know where there's a you know where there's a risk of violence and what not

but I think a lot of policemen don't think that will happen to them.

That's our CMP Sergeant Brian Tophem.

He's been a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

for 37 years.

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