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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 3

Table 3

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Time of Incident, 2001–2010

Time Total 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers 541 70 56 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56
Total A.M. hours 224 30 19 25 20 21 17 24 24 21 23
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 61 6 4 5 5 4 5 13 9 3 7
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 38 6 6 3 2 4 4 4 4 1 4
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 23 5 1 4 2 1 3 0 2 2 3
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 21 4 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 5 2
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 37 4 4 6 4 5 0 1 4 8 1
10:01 a.m.–Noon 44 5 2 5 7 5 3 4 5 2 6
Total P.M. hours 316 40 37 27 37 34 30 34 17 27 33
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 42 3 5 6 9 1 5 6 0 5 2
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 41 2 4 3 4 7 4 6 4 3 4
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 38 2 8 7 1 4 5 2 2 3 4
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 56 12 6 4 6 6 4 7 4 3 4
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 79 14 9 4 10 6 5 9 2 10 10
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 60 7 5 3 7 10 7 4 5 3 9
Not reported 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
  • 1The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.