Table 69
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2015
State | Agency | Total |
Automobile accident |
Motorcycle accident |
Aircraft accident |
Struck by vehicle |
Accidental shooting |
Drowning | Fall | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | Total | 45 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ALABAMA | Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loxley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Montgomery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
CALIFORNIA | Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bakersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Bernardino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
COLORADO | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jefferson County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Patrol, Castle Rock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FLORIDA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ocala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GEORGIA | Total | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chatham County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clayton County Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Georgia Ports Authority Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Police | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Montgomery County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ILLINOIS | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tazewell County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
KENTUCKY | Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nicholasville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Hickory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
LOUISIANA | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeanerette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
New Orleans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MARYLAND | Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Baltimore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Montgomery County Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Prince George's County Police | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MICHIGAN | Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Department of Natural Resources, Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MISSISSIPPI | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gaming Commission, Vicksburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Warren County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MISSOURI | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bellefontaine Neighbors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Jefferson City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NEW JERSEY | Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ocean County Prosecutor's Office | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Pilesgrove | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
OKLAHOMA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Highway Patrol, McAlester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
OREGON | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Coos County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
PENNSYLVANIA | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ligonier Township | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scranton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
SOUTH CAROLINA | Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marlboro County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TENNESSEE | Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hamilton County Parks and Recreation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jacksboro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Madison County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TEXAS | Total | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bell County Constable's Office | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
El Paso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Abilene | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pearsall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
San Angelo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
VIRGINIA | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
State Police, Petersburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
WISCONSIN | Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
McFarland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |