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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 52

Table 52

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Month of Incident, 2002–2011

Month Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers 695 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53
January 53 6 5 4 2 6 2 7 9 8 4
February 52 4 5 5 3 6 6 6 4 9 4
March 42 2 3 4 6 5 6 3 2 3 8
April 46 0 5 7 2 6 14 0 5 6 1
May 70 9 7 13 4 4 9 6 6 4 8
June 65 10 7 5 5 3 8 4 3 15 5
July 60 7 9 14 8 4 4 3 3 3 5
August 53 5 5 5 5 8 6 8 4 4 3
September 64 9 6 10 10 5 3 9 2 6 4
October 80 7 8 9 10 7 14 9 4 10 2
November 58 7 14 2 5 8 7 9 2 1 3
December 52 9 7 4 7 4 4 4 4 3 6