Table 70
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
State and Agency by Type of Accident, 2017
State | Agency | Total |
Aircraft accident |
Drowning | Fall |
Firearm- related incident |
Motor vehicle crash |
Pedestrian officer struck by vehicle |
Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | Total | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 1 |
ALABAMA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lowndes County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
ARKANSAS | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Drew County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
CALIFORNIA | Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Alameda County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Vallejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Valley Division, Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Stanislaus County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
FLORIDA | Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Hardee County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Highway Patrol, Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Orange County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
GEORGIA | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lowndes County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Richmond County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
ILLINOIS | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bloomingdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Pontiac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
KENTUCKY | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
LOUISIANA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ouachita Parish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MAINE | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fryeburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MICHIGAN | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Norton Shores | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Rockford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MINNESOTA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wayzata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MISSISSIPPI | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Quitman County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MISSOURI | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Barry County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
NEBRASKA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Omaha Nation Law Enforcement Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
NEVADA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
North Las Vegas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
NEW MEXICO | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lea County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
NEW YORK | Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greene County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Northville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
OHIO | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
OKLAHOMA | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Highway Patrol, Oklahoma City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Sac and Fox Nation Tribal Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
PENNSYLVANIA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
State Police, Greensburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
SOUTH CAROLINA | Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Anderson County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Public Safety, Greenville |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Spartanburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
TENNESSEE | Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Maury County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Nashville | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TEXAS | Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Abilene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Department of Public Safety, Temple |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Houston Metropolitan Transit Authoirty Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Yoakum County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
VIRGINIA | Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carroll County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
State Police, Chesterfield Base, Richmond | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
WEST VIRGINIA | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bluefield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
WISCONSIN | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
State Patrol, Tomah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |