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Home LEOKA 2012 Tables Table 64

Table 64

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

State and Agency by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2012

State Agency Total Automobile
accident
Motorcycle
accident
Aircraft
accident
Struck by
vehicle
Accidental
shooting
Drowning Fall Other
Number of victim officers Total 47 22 6 3 10 2 0 3 1
ALABAMA Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Birmingham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARIZONA Total 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
U.S. Border Patrol, Bisbee 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
COLORADO Total 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Colorado Springs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Englewood 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lakewood 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pueblo County 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA Total 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Broward County 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jupiter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GEORGIA Total 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Atlanta 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Henry County Police 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
HAWAII Total 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honolulu 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ILLINOIS Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
State Police, Litchfield 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
KENTUCKY Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hodgenville 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUISIANA Total 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Calcasieu Parish 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natchitoches Parish 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MARYLAND Total 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harford County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prince George's County Police 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MASSACHUSETTS Total 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Norfolk County 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Westfield 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Worcester 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
NEW JERSEY Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Millville 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK Total 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nassau County Police 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
State Police, Hastings 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA Total 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bladen County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henderson County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OHIO Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willoughby 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OKLAHOMA Total 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Choctaw County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laverne 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENNSYLVANIA Total 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
State Police, Beaver 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RHODE ISLAND Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Providence 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TENNESSEE Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEXAS Total 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
El Paso 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Highway Patrol, El Paso 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Antonio 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Border Patrol, Fort Hancock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U.S. Border Patrol, Uvalde 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Upton County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Waxahachie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UTAH Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Highway Patrol, Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
VIRGINIA Total 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Charles City County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prince William County Police 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Pulaski County 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
WISCONSIN Total 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milwaukee County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0