Table 45

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Disposition of Known Assailant, 1995-2004

Disposition		1995-1999	2000-2004	1995-2004
Number of known assailants	Total	379	320	699
Fugitives	Total	1	4	5
Persons arrested and charged	Total	292	229	521
	Guilty of murder	200	143	343
	Received death sentence	48	44	92
	Received life imprisonment	108	78	186
	Received prison terms (ranging from 5 years to 375 years)	44	20	64
	Sentence not reported	0	1	1
	Guilty of lesser offense related to murder	32	30	62
	Guilty of crime other than murder	22	11	33
	Acquitted/dismissed/nolle prosequi	19	16	35
	Indeterminate charge and sentence	2	0	2
	Committed to psychiatric institution	8	4	12
	Case pending/disposition unknown	7	23	30
	Died in custody prior to sentencing	2	2	4
Persons not arrested	Total	86	87	173
	Justifiably killed	50	53	103
	Justifiably killed by victim officer	9	17	26
	Justifiably killed by person(s) other than victim officer	41	36	77
	Committed suicide	31	29	60
	Murdered while at large	0	0	0
	Died under other circumstances	5	5	10
	Other	0	0	0

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