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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 54

Table 54

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Years of Service of Victim Officer, 2002–2011

Years of service Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers 695 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53
Less than 1 35 4 6 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 2
1–5 240 27 28 27 26 24 32 19 20 24 13
6–10 170 15 16 19 15 20 24 18 12 18 13
11–15 80 14 13 7 6 5 7 9 4 8 7
16–20 78 6 8 12 8 9 8 9 4 8 6
21–25 38 5 6 5 5 1 4 3 2 2 5
26–30 25 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3
More than 30 26 2 1 4 3 3 2 3 0 4 4
Not reported 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Average years of service 10 10 10 11 10 10 9 11 9 11 13