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Home LEOKA 2018 Tables Table 70

Table 70

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

State and Agency by Type of Accident, 2018

State Agency Total Aircraft
accident
Drowning Fall Firearm-
related
incident
Motor
vehicle
crash
Pedestrian
officer
struck by vehicle
Other
Number of victim officers Total 51 0 3 1 2 34 9 2
ALABAMA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Huntsville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
Gardena 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Marin County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Highway Patrol, Fairfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stanislaus County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ventura County 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
COLORADO Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Las Animas County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CONNECTICUT Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, Tolland 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FLORIDA Total 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Brevard County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clay County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jacksonville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Miami-Dade 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GEORGIA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Savannah 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ILLINOIS Total 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Chicago 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Washington Park 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INDIANA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Charlestown 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
KENTUCKY Total 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Hickman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Louisville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Monroe 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Montgomery 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Slidell 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Detroit 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
MISSOURI Total 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Greene County 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Miller County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MISSISSIPPI Total 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Raleigh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEW JERSEY Total 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Jersey City 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEW YORK Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Whitesboro 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
Edgecombe County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Greensboro 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lumberton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rocky Mount 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Scotland County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Highway Patrol, King 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NORTH DAKOTA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Grand Forks 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
OHIO Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mentor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OKLAHOMA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Asher 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PENNSYLVANIA Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
U.S. Marshals Service, Scranton 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
SOUTH CAROLINA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Saluda County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TEXAS Total 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
Dallas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nacogdoches County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Round Rock 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
National Nuclear Security Administration, Amarillo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Waller County 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
VIRGINIA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
WASHINGTON Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kent 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
WISCONSIN Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Milwaukee 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
San Juan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0