Table 47
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2006–2015
Area | Total | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 577 | 66 | 83 | 68 | 48 | 72 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 45 | 45 |
NORTHEAST | 71 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
New England | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Connecticut | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Middle Atlantic | 55 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
New Jersey | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
New York | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pennsylvania | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
MIDWEST | 77 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
East North Central | 54 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Illinois | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Indiana | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Michigan | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ohio | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
West North Central | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Iowa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Missouri | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SOUTH | 298 | 26 | 46 | 32 | 21 | 39 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 29 |
South Atlantic | 130 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 25 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia | 32 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Maryland | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
North Carolina | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South Carolina | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Virginia | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East South Central | 55 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Alabama | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Kentucky | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mississippi | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Tennessee | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
West South Central | 113 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
Arkansas | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Louisiana | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Oklahoma | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Texas | 71 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
WEST | 124 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
Mountain | 57 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Arizona | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Colorado | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Idaho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montana | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Mexico | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Utah | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific | 67 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
Alaska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
California | 55 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Hawaii | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Washington | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |