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Table 22

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2013–2017 1

Time Total Two-officer
patrol 		One-
officer
patrol 		Investigative/
detective 		Tactical
assignment
(uniformed) 		Plainclothes
assignment 		Special
assignment 		Undercover Court/
prisoner
security 		Other 2 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 231 23 67 59 1 10 0 13 1 4 4 15 0 5 1 1 7 7 13
Total a.m. hours 100 7 29 29 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 1 4 4 8
12:01am–2am 23 2 10 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2:01am–4am 19 2 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
4:01am–6am 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
6:01am–8am 8 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8:01am–10am 21 1 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
10:01am–Noon 20 0 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Total p.m. hours 129 15 38 30 0 9 0 5 1 4 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 3 5
12:01pm–2pm 23 0 7 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
2:01pm–4pm 27 6 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
4:01pm–6pm 17 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
6:01pm–8pm 14 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8:01pm–10pm 26 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
10:01pm–Midnight 22 1 7 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Not reported 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1Ten years of data for the topics presented in this table are not available at this time. A 10-year table is expected to be available for the publication of 2020 data.
  • 2Includes officers on overtime/extra duty activities and other types of assignments not listed.