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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 12

Table 12

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Victim Officer's Use of Weapon During Incident, 2002–2011

Victim officer Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers 543 56 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56 72
Fired own weapon 127 12 10 11 15 11 11 11 12 17 17
Attempted to use own weapon 88 10 9 9 6 7 17 4 9 7 10
Did not use or attempt to use
own weapon
242 25 21 30 24 22 25 14 18 20 43
Use of weapon not reported 86 9 12 7 10 8 5 12 9 12 2