Table 49

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency, 1998–2007

Population group	Total	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of victim officers	759	81	65	83	76	75	81	82	67	66	83
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	85	6	6	16	10	13	7	12	4	7	4
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	43	3	1	8	5	5	0	4	4	6	7
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	33	3	3	3	3	1	6	3	2	3	6
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	36	1	3	4	4	3	2	5	7	2	5
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	28	2	1	4	0	4	5	2	4	2	4
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	73	8	10	5	7	3	10	9	8	5	8
Metropolitan counties	162	14	13	12	14	15	21	20	15	19	19
Nonmetropolitan counties	89	12	12	10	8	8	14	9	6	4	6
State	142	18	12	18	19	13	12	9	12	15	14
Federal	49	11	3	2	5	8	1	6	2	2	9
Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas	19	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	1