Table 27
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2005–2014
| 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 | 505 | 47 | 132 | 155 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 95 | 51 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 62 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 39 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 95 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 19 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 39 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Drug-related matter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 39 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 68 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) | Total | 36 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Unprovoked attack | Total | 57 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 25 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 93 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 33 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 60 | 7 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 49 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
- 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.
