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Table 42

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Race, Ethnicity, and Sex of Known Offender, 2009–2018

Known offender Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of known offenders 532 45 80 76 51 28 60 37 56 44 55
Race White 302 28 32 44 32 15 43 18 33 26 31
Black/African American 201 17 39 28 17 12 14 18 17 16 23
American Indian/Alaska Native 12 0 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 0 2 — — — — — — — —
Asian1 3 — — 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 — — 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Not reported 10 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
Ethnicity2 Hispanic or Latino 63 — — 7 7 3 19 3 9 5 10
Not Hispanic or Latino 326 — — 68 41 23 39 33 41 38 43
Not reported 143 45 80 1 3 2 2 1 6 1 2
Sex Male 517 43 78 74 50 27 55 37 56 44 53
Female 15 2 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 2
  • 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.