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Home LEOKA 2019 Tables Table 19

Table 19

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Victim Officer Killed with Own Weapon, Disarmed1 of Weapon, and Weapon Stolen2 by Offender, 2010–2019

Victim officer Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers Total 511 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46 56 48
Killed with own weapon Total 20 5 3 1 1 1 4 0 1 4 0
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken from victim officer Total 20 5 3 1 1 1 4 0 1 4 0
Weapon stolen 11 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
Weapon not stolen 9 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not disarmed of weapon/weapon not taken from victim officer Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken information not reported Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Killed with weapon other than own Total 491 50 69 48 26 50 37 66 45 52 48
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken from victim officer Total 37 3 9 5 3 7 5 3 0 2 0
Weapon stolen 22 1 4 3 2 6 2 2 0 2 0
Weapon not stolen 15 2 5 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not disarmed of weapon/weapon not taken from victim officer Total 453 47 59 43 23 43 32 63 45 50 48
Weapon stolen 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Weapon not stolen 449 44 59 43 23 43 32 63 44 50 48
Weapon stolen information not reported 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disarmed of weapon/weapon taken information not reported Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon not stolen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon stolen information not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1The term "disarmed" indicates the victim officer was physically disarmed of one or more of his or her weapons by the offender(s) during the incident.
  • 2The term "stolen" indicates a weapon issued to the victim officer was taken from the scene of the incident by the offender(s).
  • NOTE: The term "weapon" includes all weapon types that may be issued to a law enforcement officer.