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Table 15

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Race, Ethnicity, and Sex of Victim Officer, 2010–2019

Victim officer Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers 511 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46 56 48
Race White 442 47 68 43 25 47 29 61 35 47 40
Black/African American 55 7 3 6 2 2 8 4 9 7 7
American Indian/Alaska Native 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 1 1 — — — — — — — — —
Asian1 6 — 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ethnicity2 Hispanic or Latino 62 — 7 9 2 11 4 7 6 5 11
Not Hispanic or Latino 377 — 65 35 24 39 36 57 37 51 33
Not reported 72 55 0 5 1 1 1 2 3 0 4
Sex Male 485 53 69 44 25 51 38 64 43 53 45
Female 26 2 3 5 2 0 3 2 3 3 3
  • 1Prior to 2011, the race categories "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander" were combined.
  • 2Beginning in 2011, ethnicity was added to the data collection.