Table 48
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2008–2017
Area | 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 |
NORTHEAST | 70 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
New England | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Massachusetts | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Middle Atlantic | 55 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
New Jersey | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
New York | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
MIDWEST | 73 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
East North Central | 49 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Illinois | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Indiana | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michigan | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Ohio | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Wisconsin | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
West North Central | 24 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Iowa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kansas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Missouri | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SOUTH | 277 | 32 | 21 | 39 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 29 | 24 | 27 |
South Atlantic | 119 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Georgia | 30 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Maryland | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
North Carolina | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
South Carolina | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Virginia | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
West Virginia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
East South Central | 49 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
Alabama | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kentucky | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Mississippi | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Tennessee | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
West South Central | 109 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
Arkansas | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Louisiana | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Oklahoma | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Texas | 65 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
WEST | 100 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
Mountain | 45 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Arizona | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Colorado | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Idaho | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
New Mexico | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Utah | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific | 55 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Alaska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California | 47 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Hawaii | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |