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Table 64

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Time of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2015–20191

Time Total Two-officer
patrol 		One-
officer
patrol 		Investigative/
detective 		Tactical
assignment
(uniformed) 		Plainclothes
assignment 		Special
assignment 		Undercover Court/
prisoner
security 		Other 2 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 236 19 108 34 4 1 0 1 2 1 11 19 0 2 1 0 10 13 10
Total a.m. hours 106 8 50 12 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 5 6 6
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 19 3 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 19 1 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 13 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 28 2 12 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 11 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10:01 a.m.–Noon 16 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Total p.m. hours 122 11 52 22 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 9 0 2 1 0 4 7 4
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 18 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 14 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 20 2 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 27 4 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 20 1 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 23 2 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not reported 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  • 1Ten years of data for the topics presented in this table are not available at this time. A 10-year table is expected to be available for the publication of 2020 data.
  • 2Includes officers on overtime/extra duty activities and other types of assignments not listed.