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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 7

Table 7

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Years of Service of Victim Officer, 2001–2010

Years of service Total 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers 541 70 56 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56
Less than 1 10 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
1–5 178 28 16 17 14 20 16 17 15 13 22
6–10 137 12 19 14 16 10 13 17 11 12 13
11–15 86 14 11 9 8 7 9 7 6 9 6
16–20 59 6 6 5 5 9 4 7 2 6 9
21–25 30 2 2 2 2 5 4 5 4 3 1
26–30 29 6 1 2 6 2 1 3 3 4 1
More than 30 9 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Not reported 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Average years of service 11 11 10 10 12 10 11 10 10 12 10
  • 1The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.