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Table 15

Race and Sex of Victim Officer, 2008–2017
Victim officer 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
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.