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Table 53

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Population Group/Agency Type, 2005–2014

Population group/agency type Total 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of victim officers 599 67 66 83 68 48 72 53 48 49 45
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 63 4 7 4 10 4 9 5 9 5 6
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 39 4 6 7 5 3 3 3 3 4 1
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 33 2 3 6 4 3 2 5 1 5 2
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 35 7 2 5 2 1 6 3 6 1 2
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 22 4 2 4 3 1 2 0 1 3 2
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 59 8 5 8 8 4 4 7 2 6 7
Metropolitan counties 133 15 19 19 14 10 13 11 12 10 10
Nonmetropolitan counties 60 6 4 6 5 11 9 3 4 5 7
State agencies 114 12 15 14 13 10 19 12 6 8 5
Federal agencies 31 2 2 9 1 1 5 3 4 2 2
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas 10 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1