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Table 21
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Region, 2012
| Circumstance | Total | Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 48 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 6 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Drug-related matter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ambush situation | Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unprovoked attack | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
