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Home LEOKA 2017 Tables Table 56

Table 56

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Years of Service of Victim Officer, 2008–2017

Years of service 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
Less than 1 32 3 2 4 2 2 2 5 4 6 2
1–5 157 19 20 24 13 9 9 14 18 14 17
6–10 121 18 12 18 13 14 12 13 3 9 9
11–15 70 9 4 8 7 9 8 3 7 8 7
16–20 62 9 4 8 6 8 7 3 9 5 3
21–25 27 3 2 2 5 3 5 0 2 2 3
26–30 33 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 2 5 1
More than 30 22 3 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 5
Not reported 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Average years of service 11 11 9 11 13 12 13 10 9 11 12