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Home LEOKA 2018 Tables Table 54

Table 54

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Month of Incident, 2009–2018

Month 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
January 48 9 8 4 4 1 6 6 2 6 2
February 32 4 9 4 1 0 2 1 1 6 4
March 46 2 3 8 3 5 2 5 9 3 6
April 40 5 6 1 3 5 5 5 1 5 4
May 54 6 4 8 4 9 6 2 3 6 6
June 48 3 15 5 4 2 1 5 5 4 4
July 38 3 3 5 8 6 1 3 4 3 2
August 36 4 4 3 2 3 1 5 5 6 3
September 45 2 6 4 6 3 5 3 9 4 3
October 46 4 10 2 4 5 6 2 7 2 4
November 34 2 1 3 5 3 4 5 4 1 6
December 44 4 3 6 4 7 6 3 2 2 7