Table 25
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed During Traffic Pursuits/Stops
Activity of Victim Officer by Location of Offender at Scene of Incident, 2007–2016
Activity of victim officer | Total | Driver |
Center front |
Right front |
Left rear |
Center rear |
Right rear |
Outside vehicle |
Multiple locations due to multiple offenders |
Not reported |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers killed during traffic pursuits/stops | 79 | 43 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 2 |
Approaching offender(s) | 29 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Conducting roadblock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Deploying stop sticks | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engaging in foot pursuit | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Engaging in vehicle pursuit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Exiting patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In patrol unit | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Interviewing offender(s) at offender's vehicle | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Interviewing offender(s) in patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Making arrest/handcuffing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Outside patrol unit | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Outside offender's vehicle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Returning to patrol unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Searching offender(s) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Searching offender's vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- NOTE: For 2007 through 2016, 63 of the 79 victim officers who were feloniously killed during traffic pursuits/stops contacted radio dispatcher prior to the attack.