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Table 15

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously 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 510 48 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46 55
Race White 443 42 47 68 43 25 47 29 61 35 46
Black/African American 51 3 7 3 6 2 2 8 4 9 7
American Indian/Alaska Native 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 1 1 — — — — — — — —
Asian1 5 — — 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ethnicity2 Hispanic or Latino 51 — — 7 9 2 11 4 7 6 5
Not Hispanic or Latino 343 — — 65 35 24 39 36 57 37 50
Not reported 116 48 55 0 5 1 1 1 2 3 0
Sex Male 486 47 53 69 44 25 51 38 64 43 52
Female 24 1 2 3 5 2 0 3 2 3 3
  • 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.