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Table 42

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Race and Sex of Known Offender, 2008–2017

Known offender Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of known offenders 517 42 45 80 76 50 28 60 37 55 44
Race White 288 20 28 32 44 30 15 43 18 32 26
Black/African American 197 21 17 39 28 17 12 14 18 15 16
American Indian/Alaska Native 12 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 1
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 3 1 0 2 — — — — — — —
Asian1 3 — — — 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 1 — — — 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 13 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 0
Ethnicity2 Hispanic or Latino 51 — — — 7 6 3 19 3 8 5
Not Hispanic or Latino 280 — — — 68 40 23 39 33 39 38
Not reported 186 42 45 80 1 4 2 2 1 8 1
Sex Male 501 40 43 78 74 49 27 55 37 54 44
Female 15 2 2 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0
Not reported 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  • 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.