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Table 47
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency, 1995-2004
Population group |
Total |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Total
|
717 |
59 |
52 |
63 |
81 |
65 |
83 |
76 |
75 |
81 |
82 |
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) |
99 |
15 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
16 |
10 |
13 |
7 |
12 |
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999) |
32 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999) |
26 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999) |
26 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999) |
26 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
Group VI (cities under 10,000) |
77 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
9 |
Metropolitan counties |
139 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
21 |
20 |
Nonmetropolitan counties |
90 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
14 |
9 |
State agencies |
140 |
12 |
15 |
12 |
18 |
12 |
18 |
19 |
13 |
12 |
9 |
Federal agencies |
42 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
U.S. Territories |
20 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |