Silver State Times

Nevada has been placed in the top 10 worst states to be a police officer.

The title came after a recent study completed by WalletHub sought to rank the best places to be a police officer out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. According to the results, Nevada was ranked 46th in the list, putting the state in the top 10 worst states to be employed as a police officer.

The study compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: 1) Opportunity and Competition, 2) Law Enforcement Training Requirements, and 3) Job Hazards and Protections. Nevada ranked 39th for the first indicator, 48th for the second, and 34th for the third, the WalletHub report said.

A March report from SafeWise revealed that Nevada's crime rate, which sits at 4.6 incidents per 1,000, is higher than the national average (4.0 per 1,000). Polls reveal that 61% of state residents are concerned on a daily basis that crime might happen to them. Furthermore, only four in 10 Nevadans feel safe in their state.

Former Silver State attorney general Adam Laxalt, who is running to unseat U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, has received an endorsement from the Public Safety Alliance of Nevada (PSAN), which represents over 10,000 law enforcement officers in more than 100 state and local groups; a recent Fox News report said. Among eleven other member organizations who switched their support to Laxalt include the Nevada Fraternal Order of Police, the Las Vegas Peace Officers Association and Peace Officers Association of the Clark County School District.

Laxalt's most recent noteworthy endorsement comes from the National Rifle Association (NRA). 

“The NRA's members have been on the front lines protecting our Constitutional rights & I’m proud to stand with them,” Laxalt said in a May 19 tweet. “As Attorney General of Nevada, I fought back against the left's efforts to weaken our liberties & I look forward to continuing that fight as our next U.S. Senator."

Fox News predicts Cortez Masto's loss of police endorsements could be attributed to the Democratic Party's strong history of defunding law enforcement, as she pushed "the agenda of anti-police radicals in her party that undermines cops at every turn."

"Voters should know that as our next Senator I will oppose defunding the police and ensure our officers have the tools they need to do their jobs, just as I did when I was Nevada's Attorney General," Laxalt said in the Fox report.