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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 15

Table 15

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Population Group/Agency Type by Type of Assignment, 2011

Population group/agency type Total 2-Officer
vehicle
1-Officer vehicle Foot patrol Other1 Off
duty
Alone Assisted Alone Assisted Alone Assisted
Number of victim officers 72 3 16 30 1 0 1 10 11
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 13 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 4
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 9 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 9 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 1
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 10 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan counties 14 0 2 7 0 0 1 2 2
Nonmetropolitan counties 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
State agencies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federal agencies 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Puerto Rico and other
outlying areas
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
  • 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.