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Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2003–2012

Area Total 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Number of victim officers 667 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53 47
NORTHEAST 80 10 10 7 5 6 11 6 8 8 9
New England 20 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 4
Connecticut 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Maine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Massachusetts 11 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vermont 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 60 7 10 5 4 4 10 4 5 6 5
New Jersey 18 3 1 3 1 2 2 0 4 1 1
New York 26 2 5 1 2 2 3 3 1 5 2
Pennsylvania 16 2 4 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 2
MIDWEST 103 12 15 13 14 11 5 9 14 7 3
East North Central 71 7 12 9 14 5 5 6 7 3 3
Illinois 22 3 5 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 1
Indiana 15 0 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
Michigan 13 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
Ohio 14 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 1
Wisconsin 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
West North Central 32 5 3 4 0 6 0 3 7 4 0
Iowa 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Kansas 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Minnesota 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri 20 2 2 4 0 3 0 2 4 3 0
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
SOUTH 325 38 39 30 26 46 32 21 39 27 27
South Atlantic 150 18 16 12 11 22 14 12 16 16 13
Delaware 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Florida 37 4 8 3 2 8 4 1 4 1 2
Georgia 35 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 6 4
Maryland 16 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 2
North Carolina 22 4 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 4 2
South Carolina 13 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0
Virginia 22 1 0 2 5 2 1 3 3 2 3
West Virginia 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
East South Central 53 8 9 4 6 6 4 4 6 3 3
Alabama 17 1 4 2 1 3 2 1 0 2 1
Kentucky 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
Mississippi 11 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0
Tennessee 19 4 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 1 1
West South Central 122 12 14 14 9 18 14 5 17 8 11
Arkansas 8 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
Louisiana 22 4 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 3 2
Oklahoma 11 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
Texas 81 6 13 7 5 14 9 2 13 5 7
WEST 144 18 15 14 20 19 17 12 11 10 8
Mountain 59 4 5 3 9 10 6 8 4 4 6
Arizona 19 1 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1
Colorado 8 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
Idaho 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Montana 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
Nevada 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
New Mexico 9 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 0
Utah 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
Wyoming 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pacific 85 14 10 11 11 9 11 4 7 6 2
Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 68 10 7 10 9 7 11 3 6 5 0
Hawaii 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Oregon 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 8 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 15 3 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 13 3 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0