
Table 33
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Number of Victim Officers Wearing Uniform or Other Law Enforcement Identification Evident, 2007–2016
Victim officer | Other identification | Total | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Number of victim officers | Total | 509 | 58 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 |
Wearing uniform | Total | 418 | 41 | 31 | 40 | 47 | 61 | 40 | 20 | 43 | 36 | 59 |
Not in uniform | Total | 86 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Attire with law enforcement markings | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Badge | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Ballistic shield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Firearm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Marked patrol unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Police-issued radio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Previous law enforcement contact with offender(s) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Verbal | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Vest (ballistic/raid/tactical/etc.) | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mutiple forms of identification | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
None | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Not reported | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wearing uniform not reported | Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |