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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 16

Table 16

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Population Group/Agency Type by Type of Assignment, 2002–2011

Population group/agency type Total 2-Officer
vehicle
1-Officer vehicle Foot patrol Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 543 48 152 172 2 1 21 96 51
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 115 23 24 23 1 0 4 27 13
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 51 4 13 20 0 0 1 7 6
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 38 1 14 14 0 0 1 6 2
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 31 0 9 16 0 0 2 3 1
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 33 0 6 19 0 0 2 5 1
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 57 5 21 23 0 0 0 5 3
Metropolitan counties 101 5 28 34 0 0 7 17 10
Nonmetropolitan counties 50 5 17 15 0 0 1 10 2
State agencies 36 2 18 7 0 0 3 3 3
Federal agencies 12 0 2 1 1 0 0 7 1
Puerto Rico and other
outlying areas
19 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 9
  • 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.