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Home LEOKA 2016 Tables Table 53

Table 53

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Month of Incident, 2007–2016

Month Total 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers 563 83 68 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52
January 49 2 7 9 8 4 4 1 6 6 2
February 34 6 6 4 9 4 1 0 2 1 1
March 46 6 3 2 3 8 3 5 2 5 9
April 45 14 0 5 6 1 3 5 5 5 1
May 57 9 6 6 4 8 4 9 6 2 3
June 52 8 4 3 15 5 4 2 1 5 5
July 40 4 3 3 3 5 8 6 1 3 4
August 41 6 8 4 4 3 2 3 1 5 5
September 50 3 9 2 6 4 6 3 5 3 9
October 63 14 9 4 10 2 4 5 6 2 7
November 43 7 9 2 1 3 5 3 4 5 4
December 43 4 4 4 3 6 4 7 6 3 2