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Home LEOKA 2018-old Tables Table 78

Table 78

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Department, Agency, and Office by Activity of Victim Officer, 2018 1

Department/Agency Agency/Office Total Arrest/
summons
Court
duty
Custody
of
prisoner
Investi-
gation/
search
Patrol/
guard
duty
Protection
duty
Office
duty
Other
Number of victim officers Total 1,768 451 22 120 219 853 14 15 74
U.S. Capitol Police Total 18 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0
U.S. Department of Agriculture Total 8 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
U.S. Forest Service, Law Enforcement and Investigations 8 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
U.S. Department of Defense Total 16 4 0 2 0 10 0 0 0
National Security Agency 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pentagon Force Protection Agency 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
U.S. Department of the Army 12 2 0 2 0 8 0 0 0
U.S. Department of the Navy, Commander, Navy Installations Command 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Total 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
National Institutes of Health Police 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Total 751 48 1 33 22 610 14 10 13
Federal Protective Service 22 1 0 0 3 17 0 0 1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 634 5 1 11 8 593 0 7 9
CBP, Air and Marine Operations 30 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 1
CBP, Office of Field Operations 75 0 1 4 0 65 0 2 3
CBP, U.S. Border Patrol 529 5 0 7 8 499 0 5 5
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 75 41 0 21 8 0 0 3 2
U.S. Secret Service 20 1 0 1 3 0 14 0 1
U.S. Department of the Interior Total 689 238 0 33 164 198 0 3 53
Bureau of Indian Affairs 511 237 0 33 161 61 0 3 16
Bureau of Land Management 6 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0
National Park Service 167 1 0 0 1 128 0 0 37
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
U.S. Department of Justice Total 271 160 21 50 29 1 0 2 8
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 13 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 2
Federal Bureau of Investigation 15 8 0 0 5 0 0 2 0
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 16 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 3
U.S. Marshals Service 227 147 21 50 5 1 0 0 3
U.S. Department of the Treasury Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
U.S. Mint Police 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Service Total 11 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Inspection Service (including the U.S. Postal Police) 11 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0
  • 1This table includes federal agencies that indicated one or more of their law enforcement officers were killed or assaulted. To view a full list of participating federal agencies, refer to Table 71.