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Table 63
Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally 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 | 695 | 66 | 358 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 85 | 17 |
| Automobile accident | Total | 412 | 49 | 268 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 3 |
| Motorcycle accident | Total | 65 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Aircraft accident | Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
| Struck by vehicle | Total | 104 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| Traffic stop, roadblock, etc. | 40 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Directing traffic, assisting motorist, etc. | 64 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |
| Accidental shooting | Total | 32 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 |
| Crossfire, mistaken for subject, firearm mishap | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |
| Training session | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Self-inflicted, cleaning mishap (not apparent or confirmed suicide) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drowning | Total | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Fall | Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Other accidental | Total | 30 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
- 1Includes detectives, officers on special assignments, undercover officers, and officers on other types of assignments not listed.
