Table 26
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2016
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 | 66 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
Disturbance call | Total | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Arrest situation | Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Drug-related matter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Attempting other arrest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) | Total | 17 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Unprovoked attack | Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Handling person with mental illness | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Felony vehicle stop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Traffic violation stop | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
- 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.