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Table 18

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Population Group/Agency Type by Type of Assignment, 2005–2014

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 505 47 132 155 1 2 22 95 51
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 103 20 22 22 1 1 4 20 13
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 47 3 11 16 0 0 1 11 5
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 34 1 10 13 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) 30 0 6 16 0 0 1 3 4
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 51 3 17 22 0 0 3 4 2
Metropolitan counties 100 7 22 32 0 0 6 22 11
Nonmetropolitan counties 41 2 14 12 0 0 2 8 3
State agencies 35 6 15 8 0 0 3 0 3
Federal agencies 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 1
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas 22 5 1 0 0 1 0 8 7
  • 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.