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Table 60

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

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 527 68 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 47
Race White 444 59 44 60 45 36 43 43 33 40 41
Black/African American 63 7 4 8 7 10 6 0 9 9 3
American Indian/Alaska Native 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 1 0 1 — — — — — — —
Asian1 5 — — — 0 2 0 2 0 0 1
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 — — — 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Not reported 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Ethnicity2 Hispanic or Latino 32 — — — 4 6 2 7 3 7 3
Not Hispanic or Latino 297 — — — 46 40 47 38 40 43 43
Not reported 198 68 48 72 3 2 0 0 2 2 1
Sex Male 499 61 48 67 50 46 49 42 41 50 45
Female 28 7 0 5 3 2 0 3 4 2 2
  • 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 colleciton.