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Home LEOKA 2019 Tables Table 70

Table 70

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

State and Agency by Type of Accident, 2019

State Agency Total Aircraft
accident
Drowning Fall Firearm-
related
incident
Motor
vehicle
crash
Pedestrian
officer
struck by vehicle
Other
Number of victim officers Total 41 0 2 0 3 19 16 1
ALABAMA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Monroe County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ARIZONA Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Phoenix 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community Police
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CALIFORNIA Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Highway Patrol, Riverside 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
COLORADO Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Highway Patrol, Commerce City 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Highway Patrol, Greeley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FLORIDA Total 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Broward County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Highway Patrol, Ocoee 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Seminole 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGIA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Glascock County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ILLINOIS Total 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
State Police, Downers Grove 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
State Police, Pecatonica 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
INDIANA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Police, West Lafayette 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
IOWA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lyon County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Baton Rouge 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MAINE Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
State Police, Augusta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MINNESOTA Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Natural Resources,
Saint Paul
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MISSISSIPPI Total 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Chickasaw County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lowndes County Constable's Office 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MONTANA Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gallatin County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
NEBRASKA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
State Patrol, Scottsbluff 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NEW YORK Total 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
New York 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Northampton County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
OHIO Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Colerain Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OKLAHOMA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Pawnee County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
SOUTH CAROLINA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Marion County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TENNESSEE Total 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Chattanooga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cheatham County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hendersonville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Highway Patrol, Memphis 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nashville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TEXAS Total 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Falls County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Grand Prairie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kendall County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Midland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
San Jacinto County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Rocksprings
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
WASHINGTON Total 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Lynden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pierce County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0