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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 52

Table 52

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Month of Incident, 2001–2010

Month Total 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers 718 76 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72
January 56 7 6 5 4 2 6 2 7 9 8
February 57 9 4 5 5 3 6 6 6 4 9
March 40 6 2 3 4 6 5 6 3 2 3
April 49 4 0 5 7 2 6 14 0 5 6
May 66 4 9 7 13 4 4 9 6 6 4
June 64 4 10 7 5 5 3 8 4 3 15
July 58 3 7 9 14 8 4 4 3 3 3
August 58 8 5 5 5 5 8 6 8 4 4
September 70 10 9 6 10 10 5 3 9 2 6
October 87 9 7 8 9 10 7 14 9 4 10
November 61 6 7 14 2 5 8 7 9 2 1
December 52 6 9 7 4 7 4 4 4 4 3