Table 30
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
State and Agency by Progression of Circumstances, 2017
| State | Agency | Progression of Circumstances | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Call for service or reason for involvement |
Circumstance encountered by victim officer upon arrival at scene of incident |
Specific activity being performed by victim officer at time of attack |
||
| ARIZONA | Navajo Nation Police, Window Rock |
Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault) |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (felony traffic stop) |
Pursuit Foot |
| ARKANSAS | Newport |
Respond to crime in progress Larceny-theft |
Pursuit Foot |
Arrest situation Verbal advisement only |
| Yell County |
Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault) |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
|
| CALIFORNIA | Sacramento County |
Assist another law enforcement officer Officer requiring emergency assistance (not pursuit) |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
| Whittier |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash |
Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) |
|
| COLORADO | Douglas County |
Disorder/disturbance Disturbance call (disorderly subject, fight, etc.) |
Encounter or assist an emotionally disturbed person |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
| DELAWARE | Dover |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
| State Police, Newark |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
|
| FLORIDA | Kissimmee |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
| Kissimmee |
Assist another law enforcement officer Other nonemergency circumstance |
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) |
Assist another law enforcement officer Other nonemergency circumstance |
|
| Orlando |
Investigative/enforcement Wanted person |
Pursuit Foot |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
|
| GEORGIA | Polk County Police |
Assist another law enforcement officer Other nonemergency circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
| ILLINOIS | Chicago |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
| Rockford |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) |
Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) |
|
| INDIANA | Southport |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash |
Unprovoked attack |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash |
| IOWA | Pottawattamie County |
Administrative assignment Prisoner transport |
Administrative assignment Prisoner transport |
Administrative assignment Prisoner transport |
| LOUISIANA | East Baton Rouge Parish |
Assist another law enforcement officer Officer requiring emergency assistance (not pursuit) |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) |
| Lafayette |
Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired |
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) |
Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired |
|
| New Orleans |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Pursuit Foot |
Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) |
|
| Westwego | Assist motorist | Unprovoked attack | Assist motorist | |
| MARYLAND | Baltimore |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
| MICHIGAN | Detroit |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
Arrest situation Verbal advisement only |
Arrest situation Verbal advisement only |
| Oakland County |
Assist another law enforcement officer Vehicular pursuit |
Assist another law enforcement officer Deploying/providing equipment (traffic cones, flares, etc.) |
Assist another law enforcement officer Deploying/providing equipment (traffic cones, flares, etc.) |
|
| MISSISSIPPI | Lincoln County |
Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault) |
Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault) |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
| MISSOURI | Clinton |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
| MONTANA | Broadwater County |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Pursuit Vehicular |
Pursuit Vehicular |
| NEVADA | Las Vegas |
Other (mass shooting) |
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) |
Other (mass shooting) |
| NEW YORK | New York |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
Unprovoked attack |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
| State Police, Oneida |
Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired |
Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired |
Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired |
|
| NORTH DAKOTA | Rolette County |
Respond to crime in progress Motor vehicle theft |
Assist another law enforcement officer Vehicular pursuit |
Arrest situation Verbal advisement only |
| OHIO | Girard |
Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
| Kirkersville |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
|
| OKLAHOMA | Logan County |
Other (eviction service) |
Investigative/enforcement Wanted person |
Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity |
| Tecumseh |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Arrest situation Verbal advisement only |
Pursuit Foot |
|
| PENNSYLVANIA | New Kensington |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Pursuit Foot |
Pursuit Foot |
| TEXAS |
Department of Public Safety, Groesbeck |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
| Harris County Constable's Office, Baytown |
Other (in precinct parking lot) |
Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) |
Other (in precinct parking lot) |
|
| Little Elm |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
|
| San Antonio |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Arrest situation Verbal advisement only |
|
| San Marcos |
Investigative/enforcement Wanted person |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
|
| Texas Tech Police, Lubbock |
Respond to report of crime Shooting/shots fired |
Investigative/enforcement Drug-related matter (drug bust, buy, etc.) |
Other (completing booking paperwork at agency) |
|
| U.S. Border Patrol, El Paso |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Arrest situation Verbal advisement only |
Pursuit Foot |
|
| VIRGINIA | State Police, Hanover |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance |
Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) |
| WISCONSIN | Everest |
Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation |
|
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS |
Police of Puerto Rico, Ponce |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
Pursuit Vehicular |
Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) |
| Police of Puerto Rico, Ponce |
Respond to crime in progress Robbery |
Respond to crime in progress Robbery |
Respond to crime in progress Robbery |
|
- NOTE: To obtain statistics in reference to the data presented in this table, refer to Tables 23, 24, 25, and 29.
