Report: More cops buying insurance to protect against job-related lawsuits

Fox News reports:

As anti-police rhetoric has grown in some communities, more and more cops are purchasing liability insurance to protect themselves against lawsuits related to their job performance, Reuters reports.

The Fraternal Order of Police which includes more than 330,000 officers nationwide is reporting a big increase in the number of members who have enrolled in its legal defense insurance plan.

“In an already litigious society, the likelihood of a police officer being sued or charged, often falsely, grows by the day,” FOP Executive Director Jim Pasco told Reuters. “Officers are increasingly aware of the need to be protected and joining the FOP legal defense plan in growing numbers.”

The FOP, the nation’s biggest police union, says insurance purchases jumped 15 percent from July 2014 to July 2015, according to Reuters. In previous years the purchases grew only one to three percent.

Who can blame police officers for doing this?