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Home LEOKA 2017 Tables Table 54

Table 54

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Month of Incident, 2008–2017

Month Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of victim officers 527 68 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 47
January 53 7 9 8 4 4 1 6 6 2 6
February 34 6 4 9 4 1 0 2 1 1 6
March 43 3 2 3 8 3 5 2 5 9 3
April 36 0 5 6 1 3 5 5 5 1 5
May 53 6 6 4 8 4 9 6 2 3 5
June 48 4 3 15 5 4 2 1 5 5 4
July 39 3 3 3 5 8 6 1 3 4 3
August 41 8 4 4 3 2 3 1 5 5 6
September 51 9 2 6 4 6 3 5 3 9 4
October 51 9 4 10 2 4 5 6 2 7 2
November 37 9 2 1 3 5 3 4 5 4 1
December 41 4 4 3 6 4 7 6 3 2 2