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Table 16

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Population Group/Agency Type by Type of Assignment, 2004–2013

Population group/agency type Total 2-Officer
vehicle
1-Officer vehicle Foot patrol Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 511 50 131 161 1 2 22 91 53
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 110 23 22 22 1 1 4 23 14
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 47 2 11 19 0 0 1 9 5
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 36 1 10 15 0 0 0 9 1
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 30 0 12 13 0 0 2 2 1
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 31 0 4 17 0 0 3 4 3
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 53 3 18 23 0 0 1 5 3
Metropolitan counties 97 7 21 31 0 0 7 20 11
Nonmetropolitan counties 41 4 14 12 0 0 1 7 3
State agencies 34 4 16 8 0 0 3 0 3
Federal agencies 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 1
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas 21 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 8
  • 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.