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Table 25
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Type of Assignment, 2002–2011
Circumstance | Total |
2-Officer vehicle |
1-Officer vehicle | Foot patrol | Other1 |
Off duty |
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Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||
Number of victim officers | Total | 543 | 48 | 152 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 96 | 51 |
Disturbance call | Total | 69 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Disturbance (bar fight, person with firearm, etc.) | 33 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Domestic disturbance (family quarrel, etc.) | 36 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Arrest situation | Total | 122 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 24 |
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect | 44 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
Drug-related matter | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Attempting other arrest | 58 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner | Total | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance | Total | 58 | 5 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
Ambush situation | Total | 126 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
Entrapment/premeditation | 41 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
Unprovoked attack | 85 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | |
Investigative activity (surveillance, search, interview, etc.) | Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Handling person with mental illness | Total | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Traffic pursuit/stop | Total | 98 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Felony vehicle stop | 36 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
Traffic violation stop | 62 | 6 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Tactical situation (barricaded offender, hostage taking, high-risk entry, etc.) | Total | 38 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
- 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.