Table 2
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Population Group/Agency Type, 2010–2019
Population group/agency type | Total | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Number of victim officers | 511 | 55 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 | 46 | 56 | 48 |
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 86 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) | 45 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) | 34 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 54 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Metropolitan counties | 111 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 12 |
Nonmetropolitan counties | 38 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
State agencies | 35 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Federal agencies | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas | 26 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |