Police Officer Deaths By Year

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Police officer deaths by year. Police officer tamarris leon wesley bohannon. Year by year breakdown of law enforcement deaths throughout u s. Police officers were killed by felons in the line of duty while 51 died accidentally according to new figures released by the fbi.

Shot the first united states police officer to be killed in the line of duty robert rice. Preliminary 2020 fallen officer fatalities jan 1 through oct 1 2019 vs. As of tuesday dec.

Their average age was 37 with an average. Updated september 29 2020. 1 076 line of duty deaths last five years.

The average age of officers killed. A total of 106 police officers lost their lives on duty last year a 13 increase on 2017. Officers killed this year were ambushed according to the fbi data including mcallen texas police officers edelmiro garza 45 and ismael chavez 39 who died on july 11 when.

This year the names of 307 officers killed in the line of duty will be added to the national law enforcement officers memorial. 1 886 line of duty deaths last ten years. 55 officers were feloniously killed while 51 died accidentally.

These numbers reflect total officer fatalities comparing january 1 through october 1 2019 continue reading preliminary 2020 fatalities. This year is ending as one of the least deadly for police officers in decades. So far this year 211 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty.