With many police departments hit hard by coronavirus and police shootings remaining a high-profile issue in the U.S., the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best & Worst States to Be a Police Officer, as well as accompanying videos.

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 28 key indicators of police-friendliness. The data set ranges from the 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 New Jersey (1=Best; 25=Avg.)

• 6^th – Law-Enforcement Officers per Capita
• 2^nd – Median Income for Law-Enforcement Officers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 29^th – Median Income Growth for Law-Enforcement Officers
• 6^th – Violent-Crime Rate
• 10^th – State & Local Police-Protection Expenses per Capita
• 12^th – 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, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-be-a-cop/34669/