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Table 69

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2016

State Agency Total Automobile
accident 		Motorcycle
accident 		Aircraft
accident 		Struck by
vehicle 		Accidental
shooting 		Drowning Fall Other
Number of victim officers Total 52 26 7 1 12 3 2 0 1
ARIZONA Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Navajo Nation 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Border Patrol, Casa Grande 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARKANSAS Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McCrory 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Fresno County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Gold Run 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
San Jose 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tulare County 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
COLORADO Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
State Patrol, Castle Rock 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA Total 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hillsborough County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miami-Dade 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nassau County 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Taylor County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGIA Total 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bibb County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newton County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ILLINOIS Total 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chester 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Jacksonville 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IOWA Total 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Des Moines 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Des Moines 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
KANSAS Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Fenton 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
New Orleans 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sterlington 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New Orleans 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Winnsboro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MARYLAND Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Prince George's County Police 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MASSACHUSETTS Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Charlton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Branch County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Detroit 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
NEW JERSEY Total 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
State Police, Bellmawr 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
State Police, Port Norris 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW MEXICO Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valencia County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
State Police, Latham 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ulster County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Forsyth County 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
OHIO Total 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chesapeake 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Brookpark 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hilliard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TENNESSEE Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 9 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Austin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bellaire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Public Safety, Paris 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastland County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patton Village 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pearland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Texas Specialized Crimes and Narcotics Task Force 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Methodist University Police 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
U.S. Border Patrol, Sierra Blanca 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UTAH Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Brigham City 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
WISCONSIN Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salem 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico, San Juan 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0