Table 65
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Type of Accident and Activity of Victim Officer at Time of Incident, 2013–20171
Circumstance | Total | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Number of victim officers | Total | 238 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 52 | 47 |
Aircraft crash | Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Drowning | Total | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Engaging in foot pursuit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Engaging in tactical response | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Participating in recovery operation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Participating in rescue operation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Participating in training exercise | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Patrolling | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Fall | Total | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Avoiding object/hazardous situation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Engaging in foot pursuit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Engaging in tactical response | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Participating in recovery operation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Participating in rescue operation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Participating in training exercise | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrolling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Firearm-related incident | Total | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Cleaning weapon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Engaging in foot pursuit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Engaging in tactical situation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Non-range training | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrolling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Performing an arrest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Range training | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tactical training | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Motor vehicle crash | Total | 163 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 35 |
Assisting/investigating vehicle crash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Assisting motorist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Engaging in vehicle pursuit | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
Escorting funeral or dignitary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Overseeing work zone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrolling | 45 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
Performing traffic control | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Performing traffic stop | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
Providing/deploying equipment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Responding to emergency | 43 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
Responding to nonemergency | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Training | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Other | 28 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |
Pedestrian officer struck by vehicle | Total | 40 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
Assisting/investigating vehicle crash | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Assisting motorist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Deploying/providing equipment | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Overseeing work zone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrolling | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Performing traffic control | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Performing traffic stop | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Training | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Other accidental | Total | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- 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.