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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 64

Table 64

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2011

State Agency Total Automobile
accident
Motorcycle
accident
Aircraft
accident
Struck by
vehicle
Accidental
shooting
Drowning Fall Other
Number of victim officers Total 53 30 4 1 5 4 3 1 5
ALABAMA Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jemison 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuscaloosa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARIZONA Total 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Border Patrol, Yuma 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Alhambra 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cathedral City 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawthorne 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Garberville 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Bernardino 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FLORIDA Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seminole County 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGIA Total 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albany 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butts County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doraville 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heard County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spalding County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Union County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HAWAII Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Honolulu 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
IOWA Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Patrol, Osceola 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ball 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Public Safety,
Baton Rouge
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Wildlife & Fisheries,
Baton Rouge
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MAINE Total 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Inland Fisheries &
Wildlife, Greenville
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MARYLAND Total 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Baltimore 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
State Police, Waterloo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MASSACHUSETTS Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Yarmouth 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Bridgeport 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MISSOURI Total 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Highway Patrol, Lee's Summit 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Leadwood 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Riverside 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MONTANA Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Blaine County 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
NEW JERSEY Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mount Arlington 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK Total 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives,
Long Island
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chemung County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nassau County Police 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
State Police, Clarence 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Greene County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sanford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Winston-Salem 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OHIO Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Stow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Uniontown 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SOUTH CAROLINA Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sumter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TENNESSEE Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Nashville 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Brazoria County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fort Bend County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
San Antonio 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smith County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
VIRGINIA Total 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chesapeake 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, Bowling Green 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WYOMING Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Converse County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PUERTO RICO
AND OTHER
OUTLYING AREAS
Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico, Luquillo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0