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Home LEOKA 2017 Tables Table 5

Table 5

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Time of Incident, 2008–2017

Time Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of victim officers 496 41 48 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46
Total a.m. hours 228 24 21 23 36 24 13 20 22 28 17
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 54 9 3 7 7 5 3 4 4 8 4
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 40 4 1 4 9 3 3 6 6 2 2
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 21 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 1
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 23 0 5 2 5 3 0 1 1 1 5
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 41 4 8 1 3 4 1 0 8 10 2
10:01 a.m.–Noon 49 5 2 6 10 6 3 6 2 6 3
Total p.m. hours 264 17 27 32 36 23 14 31 18 37 29
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 37 0 5 2 5 2 3 7 1 10 2
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 47 4 3 4 6 3 3 9 2 8 5
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 37 2 3 4 8 3 1 6 2 3 5
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 36 4 3 4 5 6 2 1 5 2 4
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 57 2 10 10 3 6 2 4 7 9 4
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 50 5 3 8 9 3 3 4 1 5 9
Not reported 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0