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Table 60

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Race, Ethnicity, and Sex of Victim Officer, 2009–2018

Victim officer Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of victim officers 511 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 48 51
Race White 425 44 60 45 36 43 43 33 40 42 39
Black/African American 64 4 8 7 10 6 0 9 9 3 8
American Indian/Alaska Native 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 1 0 1 — — — — — — — —
Asian1 6 — — 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 — — 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Not reported 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Ethnicity2 Hispanic or Latino 38 — — 4 6 2 7 3 7 3 6
Not Hispanic or Latino 343 — — 46 40 47 38 40 43 44 45
Not reported 130 48 72 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 0
Sex Male 486 48 67 50 46 49 42 41 50 46 47
Female 25 0 5 3 2 0 3 4 2 2 4
  • 1For 2009 and 2010, the race categories "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander" were combined.
  • 2Beginning in 2011, ethnicity was added to the data collection.