Table 25
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2004–2013
| Circumstance | Total |
2-Officer vehicle |
1-Officer vehicle | Foot patrol | Other1 |
Off duty |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||
| Number of victim officers | Total | 511 | 50 | 131 | 161 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 91 | 53 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 58 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 29 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 29 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 120 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 24 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 46 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| Drug-related matter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 56 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 62 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| Ambush situation | Total | 111 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 36 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Unprovoked attack | 75 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 84 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 30 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 54 | 7 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 44 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
- 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.
