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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 50

Table 50

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Time of Incident, 2002–2011

Time Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers 695 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53
Total A.M. hours 321 28 43 39 32 26 37 32 23 39 22
12:01 a.m.–2 a.m. 81 5 13 8 9 5 8 10 8 10 5
2:01 a.m.–4 a.m. 75 3 11 14 7 5 9 7 2 8 9
4:01 a.m.–6 a.m. 40 2 4 2 9 4 3 5 4 4 3
6:01 a.m.–8 a.m. 36 6 5 4 0 5 2 3 3 5 3
8:01 a.m.–10 a.m. 39 4 5 6 4 2 8 3 2 4 1
10:01 a.m.–Noon 50 8 5 5 3 5 7 4 4 8 1
Total P.M. hours 371 46 38 43 34 40 46 36 25 32 31
12:01 p.m.–2 p.m. 67 9 6 7 6 9 10 6 4 4 6
2:01 p.m.–4 p.m. 61 7 10 11 4 3 7 5 3 5 6
4:01 p.m.–6 p.m. 53 8 3 4 5 10 6 4 3 3 7
6:01 p.m.–8 p.m. 50 7 7 6 9 3 3 3 3 5 4
8:01 p.m.–10 p.m. 64 8 6 3 5 6 12 7 8 6 3
10:01 p.m.–Midnight 76 7 6 12 5 9 8 11 4 9 5
Not reported 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0