may truck drivers are former cops. The two have nothing to do with each other. Dangers faced while a soldier, do not in any way impact the 'dangers' faced as a cop. Just because a cop was a soldier, does not make him any more likely to face danger as a cop. The two are completely distinct and different occupations. A cop here does not face a lawless country at war, with people shooting at you at any given moment or dropping mortars on your homes. Talk to every day people of Israel, if you want to