Table 23
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Call for Service or Reason for Involvement, 2014–20181
| Circumstance | Total | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 259 | 51 | 41 | 66 | 46 | 55 |
| Administrative assignment | Total | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Prisoner transport | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other administrative assignment | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ambush (entrapment/premeditation) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arrest situation | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attempting to control/handcuff/restrain offender(s) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Verbal advisement only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Assist another law enforcement officer | Total | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Deploying/providing equipment (traffic cones, flares, etc.) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Foot pursuit | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Officer down (requiring emergency assistance) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Officer requiring emergency assistance (not pursuit) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Vehicular pursuit | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other emergency circumstance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other nonemergency circumstance | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Assist motorist | Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Citizen complaint | Total | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Animal bite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Animal disturbance (barking dog, unleashed dog, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Business check | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Check on welfare of citizen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Drug complaint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Traffic complaint | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Verbal complaint of noncriminal violation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Disorder/disturbance | Total | 33 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Disturbance call (disorderly subject, fight, etc.) | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, no assault) | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Domestic violence | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Encounter or assist an emotionally disturbed person | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Investigative/enforcement | Total | 107 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 17 |
| Drug-related matter (drug bust, buy, etc.) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Handling person with mental illness | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Investigate motor vehicle crash | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Investigate possible DUI/DWI suspect (operating a vehicle) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Investigate suspicious person/circumstance | 24 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
| Investigative activity | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Tactical situation | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Traffic stop (felony traffic stop) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traffic stop (traffic violation stop) | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| Undercover situation | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wanted person | 23 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Pursuit | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vehicular | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respond to alarm | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respond to crime in progress | Total | 37 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Assault | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burglary | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Larceny-theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Person with firearm (no shots fired) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robbery | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shooting/shots fired | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Tampering with vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other crime against person | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other crime against property | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Respond to report of crime | Total | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Homicide | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Larceny-theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Person with firearm (no shots fired) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbery | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shooting/shots fired | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tampering with vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Other crime against person | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other crime against property | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Traffic control (crash scene, directing traffic, etc.) | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Unprovoked attack | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | Total | 21 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
- 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.
