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 |
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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.