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Table 19
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2002–2011
Circumstance | Total | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
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Number of victim officers | Total | 543 | 56 | 52 | 57 | 55 | 48 | 58 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 72 |
Disturbance call | Total | 69 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 36 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
Arrest situation | Total | 122 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 23 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 44 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
Drug-related matter | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Attempting other arrest | 58 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 58 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
Ambush situation | Total | 126 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Entrapment/premeditation | 41 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
Unprovoked attack | 85 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | |
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Handling person with mental illness | Total | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 98 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
Felony vehicle stop | 36 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Traffic violation stop | 62 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 |