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Table 64

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2013–20171

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 238 21 105 27 3 1 0 0 2 2 10 19 0 1 3 0 8 22 14
Total a.m. hours 108 11 46 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 0 0 1 0 5 10 8
12:01am–2am 21 2 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
2:01am–4am 21 3 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
4:01am–6am 11 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6:01am–8am 25 5 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
8:01am–10am 11 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10:01am–Noon 19 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
Total p.m. hours 122 10 54 15 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 10 0 1 2 0 3 10 6
12:01pm–2pm 19 2 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
2:01pm–4pm 18 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0
4:01pm–6pm 21 1 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
6:01pm–8pm 15 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
8:01pm–10pm 26 3 14 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
10:01pm–Midnight 23 3 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Not reported 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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.