Table 47

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Disposition of Known Offender, 1999–2008

Disposition		1999–2003	2004–2008	1999–2008
Number of known offenders	Total	310	282	592
Fugitive	Total	0	0	0
Arrested and charged	Total	232	202	434
	Guilty of murder	158	129	287
	Received death sentence	40	44	84
	Received life imprisonment	97	65	162
	Received prison term (ranging from 5 years to 375 years)	21	20	41
	Guilty of lesser offense related to murder	33	18	51
	Guilty of crime other than murder	13	12	25
	Acquitted/dismissed/nolle prosequi	18	9	27
	Indeterminate charge and sentence	0	1	1
	Committed to psychiatric institution	8	4	12
	Case pending/disposition unknown	1	27	28
	Died in custody prior to sentencing	1	2	3
Not arrested	Total	78	80	158
	Justifiably killed	47	50	97
	Justifiably killed by victim officer	12	18	30
	Justifiably killed by person(s) other than victim officer	35	32	67
	Committed suicide	26	25	51
	Murdered while at large	0	0	0
	Died under other circumstance	5	3	8
	Other	0	2	2

NOTE: The 14 known offenders involved in the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.

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