As Tangozulo notes "I have a lot of sympathy for anyone loosing their lives in the public service."
Does this apply to a state or city highway worker who is struck and killed by traffic? I have not seen many large funerals for them.
Also, it costs about $0.60 aned $0.75 per mile to operate a car (depreciation, tires, insurance (either self or commercial), maintenance, gasoline, etc. While the attending officers may pay for the gas (about $0.11 cents per mile), I don;t think they are billed the extra $0.50 cents per mile for their trip.
