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Home LEOKA 2012 Tables Table 52

Table 52

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Month of Incident, 2003–2012

Month Total 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Number of victim officers 667 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53 47
January 51 5 4 2 6 2 7 9 8 4 4
February 48 5 5 3 6 6 6 4 9 4 0
March 43 3 4 6 5 6 3 2 3 8 3
April 49 5 7 2 6 14 0 5 6 1 3
May 65 7 13 4 4 9 6 6 4 8 4
June 59 7 5 5 3 8 4 3 15 5 4
July 61 9 14 8 4 4 3 3 3 5 8
August 50 5 5 5 8 6 8 4 4 3 2
September 61 6 10 10 5 3 9 2 6 4 6
October 77 8 9 10 7 14 9 4 10 2 4
November 56 14 2 5 8 7 9 2 1 3 5
December 47 7 4 7 4 4 4 4 3 6 4