Table 15
Race and Sex of Victim Officer, 2008–2017
Victim officer | Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Number of victim officers | 496 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 | 46 | |
Race | White | 427 | 30 | 42 | 47 | 68 | 43 | 25 | 47 | 29 | 61 | 35 |
Black/African American | 54 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Asian1 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ethnicity2 | Hispanic or Latino | 46 | — | — | — | 7 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 293 | — | — | — | 65 | 35 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 57 | 37 | |
Not reported | 157 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Sex | Male | 471 | 37 | 47 | 53 | 69 | 44 | 25 | 51 | 38 | 64 | 43 |
Female | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
- 1For 2008, 2009, and 2010, the race categories "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander" were combined.
- 2Beginning in 2011, ethnicity was added to the data collection.