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Table 70

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

State and Agency by Type of Accident, 2017
State Agency Total Aircraft
accident 		Drowning Fall Firearm-
related
incident 		Motor
vehicle
crash 		Pedestrian
officer
struck by vehicle 		Other
Number of victim officers Total 47 2 3 0 0 35 6 1
ALABAMA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lowndes County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ARKANSAS Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Drew County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Alameda County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Highway Patrol, Vallejo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Highway Patrol, Valley Division, Sacramento 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Stanislaus County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FLORIDA Total 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hardee County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Highway Patrol, Lake City 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Orange County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GEORGIA Total 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Lowndes County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Richmond County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ILLINOIS Total 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bloomingdale 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, Pontiac 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
KENTUCKY Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Louisville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ouachita Parish 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MAINE Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Fryeburg 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Norton Shores 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, Rockford 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MINNESOTA Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wayzata 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MISSISSIPPI Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Quitman County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MISSOURI Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Barry County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEBRASKA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Omaha Nation Law Enforcement Services 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEVADA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
North Las Vegas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEW MEXICO Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lea County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEW YORK Total 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Buffalo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Greene County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Northville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OHIO Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OKLAHOMA Total 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Highway Patrol, Oklahoma City 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sac and Fox Nation Tribal Police 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PENNSYLVANIA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, Greensburg 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
SOUTH CAROLINA Total 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Anderson County 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Public Safety,
Greenville		 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Johnston 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Spartanburg 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TENNESSEE Total 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Maury County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nashville 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Abilene 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Department of Public Safety,
Temple		 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Houston Metropolitan Transit Authoirty Police 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Yoakum County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
VIRGINIA Total 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Carroll County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, Chesterfield Base, Richmond 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
WEST VIRGINIA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bluefield 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
WISCONSIN Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Patrol, Tomah 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0