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Home LEOKA 2012 Tables Table 28

Table 28

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

State and Agency by Type of Weapon, 2012

State Agency Total Total
firearms
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Type of
firearm not
reported
Knife or
other cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers Total 48 44 32 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
ALABAMA Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Baldwin County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobile 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
ARIZONA Total 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maricopa County 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALIFORNIA Total 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, Contra Costa 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stanislaus County 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLORADO Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denver 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brevard County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGIA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clayton County Police 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KANSAS Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Topeka 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KENTUCKY Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marion County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. John the Baptist Parish 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MASSACHUSETTS Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Springfield 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MICHIGAN Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Bloomfield 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MINNESOTA Total 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cold Spring 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MISSISSIPPI Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pearl 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MISSOURI Total 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEVADA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elko County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW HAMPSHIRE Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK Total 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nassau County Police 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Webster 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Highway Patrol, Rocky Mount 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lumberton 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Watauga County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OHIO Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akron 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENNSYLVANIA Total 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plymouth Township 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH CAROLINA Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aiken 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TENNESSEE Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Memphis 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Austin 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bellaire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazos County Constable's Office 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Paso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Reagan County 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UTAH Total 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ogden 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON Total 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
National Park Service, Mount Rainer 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Patrol, Bremerton 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WEST VIRGINIA Total 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Monongalia County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
State Police, Clay County 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS Total 6 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico, Bayamon 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico, Hatillo 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico, Patillas 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police of Puerto Rico, Toa Baja 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S.Virgin Islands Police, Charlotte Amalie 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0