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Table 22

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2014–20181

Time Total Two-officer
patrol 		One-
officer
patrol 		Investigative/
detective 		Tactical
assignment
(uniformed) 		Plainclothes
assignment 		Special
assignment 		Undercover Court/
prisoner
security 		Other 2 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 259 30 71 68 1 11 0 12 1 5 4 17 0 5 1 3 6 9 15
Total a.m. hours 106 7 31 31 1 2 0 5 0 1 3 5 0 0 1 3 4 4 8
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 23 1 12 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 18 2 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 9 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 11 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 22 1 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
10:01 a.m.–Noon 23 0 3 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
Total p.m. hours 151 22 40 37 0 9 0 6 1 4 1 12 0 5 0 0 2 5 7
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 25 0 8 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 32 7 7 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 24 5 5 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 18 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 27 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 25 4 7 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Not reported 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 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.
  • 2Includes officers on overtime/extra duty activities and other types of assignments not listed.