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Table 25
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2003–2012
| Circumstance | Total |
2-Officer vehicle |
1-Officer vehicle | Foot patrol | Other1 |
Off duty |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||
| Number of victim officers | Total | 535 | 52 | 146 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 91 | 52 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 64 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 31 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 33 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 124 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 24 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 44 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| Drug-related matter | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 60 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 60 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Ambush situation | Total | 115 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 41 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Unprovoked attack | 74 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | |
| Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 96 | 8 | 43 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 34 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 62 | 7 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 43 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
- 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.
