Police in Iraq

LAPD about 7,500 officers, I THINK fewer then 5 are killed in the line of duty each ear. So over the last 3 years, 15 were killed or 0.2% of the force.

US Military in Iraq about 130,000 troops at any given time. 3,000 have been killed over the last 3 years or 2.3% of the force.

Iraqi police, the force went from zero to 188,000 and 12,000 have been killed over the last 3 years. That means 6.38% of the force has been killed and is much higher then being in the US military or a member of LAPD.

The Iraqi police are still getting all the recruits they can handle and will need even more as they weed out the bad apples but there are still many people who are willing to join and hopefully fight for Iraq.

The US Military has meet its recruitment goal for FY 2006, which ended Sept 30. While the recruiting stations haven't been mobbed, the military is still able to get the people it needs.

Out of the three organizations, LAPD is having the hardest time meeting its recruitment goals. It has not been able to grow the force to the 8,000 members originally planned, let alone for the 15 to 17,000 officers the City would need if it was to have the same police to populace ratio as New York City.