Table 24
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Region, 2005–2014
| Circumstance | Total | Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 505 | 58 | 88 | 228 | 109 | 22 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 62 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 2 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 39 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 23 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 95 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 18 | 9 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 39 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | |
| Drug-related matter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 39 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 1 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 68 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 17 | 1 |
| Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) | Total | 36 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| Unprovoked attack | Total | 57 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 0 |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 25 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 93 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 24 | 1 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 33 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 0 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 60 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 1 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 49 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 0 |
