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Table 60

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally 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 503 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 48 50 41
Race White 419 60 45 36 43 43 33 40 42 38 39
Black/African American 61 8 7 10 6 0 9 9 3 7 2
American Indian/Alaska Native 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 1 1 — — — — — — — — —
Asian1 6 — 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 2 — 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Not reported 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Ethnicity2 Hispanic or Latino 39 — 4 6 2 7 3 7 3 5 2
Not Hispanic or Latino 381 — 46 40 47 38 40 43 44 45 38
Not reported 83 72 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1
Sex Male 475 67 50 46 49 42 41 50 46 46 38
Female 28 5 3 2 0 3 4 2 2 4 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.