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Table 25
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2001–2010
| Circumstance | Total |
2-Officer vehicle |
1-Officer vehicle | Foot patrol | Other1 |
Off duty |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||
| Number of victim officers | Total | 541 | 53 | 152 | 160 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 100 | 50 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 75 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 33 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 42 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 123 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 23 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 43 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | |
| Drug-related matter | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 49 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 61 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Ambush situation | Total | 120 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 13 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 42 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Unprovoked attack | 78 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 4 | |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 95 | 10 | 45 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 35 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 60 | 6 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 32 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
- 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.
- NOTE: The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.
