Table 30

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

State and Agency by Progression of Circumstances, 2017

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State	Agency	Progression of Circumstances
State	Agency	Call for service or reason for involvement	Circumstance encountered by victim officer upon arrival at scene of incident	Specific activity being performed by victim officer at time of attack
ARIZONA	Navajo Nation Police, Window Rock	Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault)	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (felony traffic stop)	Pursuit Foot
ARKANSAS	Newport	Respond to crime in progress Larceny-theft	Pursuit Foot	Arrest situation Verbal advisement only
ARKANSAS	Yell County	Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault)	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance
CALIFORNIA	Sacramento County	Assist another law enforcement officer Officer requiring emergency assistance (not pursuit)	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation
CALIFORNIA	Whittier	Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash	Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash	Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s)
COLORADO	Douglas County	Disorder/disturbance Disturbance call (disorderly subject, fight, etc.)	Encounter or assist an emotionally disturbed person	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation
DELAWARE	Dover	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)
DELAWARE	State Police, Newark	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance
FLORIDA	Kissimmee	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity	Ambush (entrapment/premeditation)	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity
	Kissimmee	Assist another law enforcement officer Other nonemergency circumstance	Ambush (entrapment/premeditation)	Assist another law enforcement officer Other nonemergency circumstance
	Orlando	Investigative/enforcement Wanted person	Pursuit Foot	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance
GEORGIA	Polk County Police	Assist another law enforcement officer Other nonemergency circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance
ILLINOIS	Chicago	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation
ILLINOIS	Rockford	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s)	Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s)
INDIANA	Southport	Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash	Unprovoked attack	Investigative/enforcement Investigate motor vehicle crash
IOWA	Pottawattamie County	Administrative assignment Prisoner transport	Administrative assignment Prisoner transport	Administrative assignment Prisoner transport
LOUISIANA	East Baton Rouge Parish	Assist another law enforcement officer Officer requiring emergency assistance (not pursuit)	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity	Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s)
	Lafayette	Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired	Ambush (entrapment/premeditation)	Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired
	New Orleans	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Pursuit Foot	Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s)
	Westwego	Assist motorist	Unprovoked attack	Assist motorist
MARYLAND	Baltimore	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance
MICHIGAN	Detroit	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity	Arrest situation Verbal advisement only	Arrest situation Verbal advisement only
MICHIGAN	Oakland County	Assist another law enforcement officer Vehicular pursuit	Assist another law enforcement officer Deploying/providing equipment (traffic cones, flares, etc.)	Assist another law enforcement officer Deploying/providing equipment (traffic cones, flares, etc.)
MISSISSIPPI	Lincoln County	Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault)	Disorder/disturbance Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault)	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity
MISSOURI	Clinton	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)
MONTANA	Broadwater County	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Pursuit Vehicular	Pursuit Vehicular
NEVADA	Las Vegas	Other (mass shooting)	Ambush (entrapment/premeditation)	Other (mass shooting)
NEW YORK	New York	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity	Unprovoked attack	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity
NEW YORK	State Police, Oneida	Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired	Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired	Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired
NORTH DAKOTA	Rolette County	Respond to crime in progress Motor vehicle theft	Assist another law enforcement officer Vehicular pursuit	Arrest situation Verbal advisement only
OHIO	Girard	Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity
OHIO	Kirkersville	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation
OKLAHOMA	Logan County	Other (eviction service)	Investigative/enforcement Wanted person	Investigative/enforcement Investigative activity
OKLAHOMA	Tecumseh	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Arrest situation Verbal advisement only	Pursuit Foot
PENNSYLVANIA	New Kensington	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Pursuit Foot	Pursuit Foot
TEXAS	Department of Public Safety, Groesbeck	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)
	Harris County Constable's Office, Baytown	Other (in precinct parking lot)	Ambush (entrapment/premeditation)	Other (in precinct parking lot)
	Little Elm	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation
	San Antonio	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Arrest situation Verbal advisement only
	San Marcos	Investigative/enforcement Wanted person	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation
	Texas Tech Police, Lubbock	Respond to report of crime Shooting/shots fired	Investigative/enforcement Drug-related matter (drug bust, buy, etc.)	Other (completing booking paperwork at agency)
	U.S. Border Patrol, El Paso	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Arrest situation Verbal advisement only	Pursuit Foot
VIRGINIA	State Police, Hanover	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Investigative/enforcement Investigate suspicious person/circumstance	Arrest situation Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s)
WISCONSIN	Everest	Respond to crime in progress Shooting/shots fired	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation	Investigative/enforcement Tactical situation
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS	Police of Puerto Rico, Ponce	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)	Pursuit Vehicular	Investigative/enforcement Traffic stop (traffic violation stop)
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS	Police of Puerto Rico, Ponce	Respond to crime in progress Robbery	Respond to crime in progress Robbery	Respond to crime in progress Robbery