Study says California is the best state to be a cop

Despite some controversial social justice and police accountability reforms, a new study has ranked California as the best state to be a law enforcement officer.

WalletHub’s report took 30 different factors of ‘police friendliness' into account for the study. These include:

• The number of law enforcement officers per capita and growth projections by 2028
• Average starting salary, median income, and growth potential
• Training and education requirements
• Police misconduct confidentiality laws
• Presence of “Blue Alerts”
• Degree of lethal force permitted
• Red flag laws
• Police deaths and assaults per capita
• Persons killed by police
• Pursuit-related fatalities
• Crime rates and share of solved homicides
• State and local police protection expenses per capita

Connecticut was ranked second in terms of law enforcement friendliness, followed by Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Ohio.

Read the findings here.

List and data were compiled by WalletHub and do not necessarily reflect statistics on all states.