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Table 22
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Region, 2001–2010
| Circumstance | Total | Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | Total | 541 | 51 | 93 | 254 | 119 | 24 |
| Disturbance call | Total | 75 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 14 | 2 |
| Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 33 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | |
| Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 42 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 0 | |
| Arrest situation | Total | 123 | 12 | 18 | 64 | 20 | 9 |
| Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 43 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 6 | |
| Drug-related matter | 17 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| Attempting other arrest | 49 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 1 | |
| Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 61 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 1 |
| Ambush situation | Total | 120 | 16 | 22 | 55 | 20 | 7 |
| Entrapment/premeditation | 42 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 3 | |
| Unprovoked attack | 78 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 16 | 4 | |
|
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) |
Total | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Handling person with mental illness | Total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 95 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 28 | 0 |
| Felony vehicle stop | 35 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 0 | |
| Traffic violation stop | 60 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 0 | |
|
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) |
Total | 32 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
- NOTE: The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.
